Definition of Withstend
With*stand" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Withstood (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Withstanding.] [AS. wiðstandan. See With,
prep., and Stand.] To stand against; to
oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to
withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or
arguments. Piers Plowman.
I withstood him to the face. Gal. ii.
11.
Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood.
Gray.
With*stand" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Withstood (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Withstanding.] [AS. wiðstandan. See With,
prep., and Stand.] To stand against; to
oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to
withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or
arguments. Piers Plowman.
I withstood him to the face. Gal. ii.
11.
Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood.
Gray.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To resist or endure (something) successfully.
- To oppose (something) forcefully.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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