1. to put one's hand in or to a thing, to attempt it, with dative rei, (Euripides); with infinitive, (Xenophon Historicus), etc.: absolute to make an attempt or beginning , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. to lay hands on, attack, assail , τινι (Thucydides) (ML)
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G7036 — ἐγχειρέω
egcheireō · to take in hand · Greek