Category:Withstand

With*stand", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withstood; p. pr. & vb. n. Withstanding.] Etym: [as. wiedhstandan. See with, prep., and stand.]

Defn: 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.