A.take up, catch, receive, σάκος δ᾽ ἀνεδέξατο πολλά (sc. δόρατα) Il.5.619; “ἀ. πληγὰς εἰς τὸ σῶμα” Plu. Tim.4; “βέλη τῷ σώματι” Marc.10.
2. receive, entertain as a guest, Act.Ap.28.7.
II. take upon oneself, submit to, ἀνεδε<*>γμεθ᾽ ὀϊζύν Od.17.563, cf. Archil.60; “ἁμαρτήματα” D.19.36; “πόλεμον” Plb.1.88.12; “ἀπέχθειαν” Plu.Eum.6; “ἀ. τι ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτόν” D.22.64, cf. Din.1.3: abs., acknowledge one's evidence, of an absent witness, D.46.7.
2. accept, receive, “ἀγγελίαν” Pi.P.2.41 (al. -δείξατ᾽); λουτρὰ . . μητρὸς ἀνεδέξω πάρα E IT818; χορηγίας, ἡγεμονίαν, Plu.Arist.1,23; “τὸν κλῆρον” Cic.43; “τῶν σωμάτων τὰ μανὰ ἀ. θερμότητα” Cat.Mi.61 (dub.); accept a statement, Them.in Ph.77.8.
b. undertake, c. acc., S.Ichn.157; “ὅσα ὑπισχνεῖτο καὶ ἀνεδέχετο” D.35.7; take upon oneself, “αἰτίαν” Pl.Hp.Mi.365d; πρεσβείας, κινδύνους, OGI339.20 (Sestos, ii B. C.), 441.9 (Stratonicea, i B. C.).
5. give security to one, “τινί” Th.8.81; “τινί τι” Plb. 11.25.9; go bail for, “τινά” Thphr.Char.12.4; “τινὰ τῶν χρημάτων” Plb.5.16.8; ἀ. τοὺς δανειστάς undertake to satisfy them, Plu.Caes.11; ἀ. τὴν πίστιν “ὑπέρ τινος” Id.Phoc.14: abs., Leg.Gort.9.24,41.
6. take back, D.59.58.
III. wait for, Plb.1.52.8.