ἀποσπεύδω

A. to be zealous in preventing, dissuade earnestly, τὴν συμβολήν the engagement, Hdt. 6.109: c.acc. et inf., ἀ. ξέρξεα στρατεύεσθαι Id. 7.17: abs., opp. ἐπισπεύδω, ib.18, Th. 6.29.