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Webster 1913 Edition

Gainstand

Gain′standˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gainstood
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
gainstanding
.]
[See
Again
, and
Stand
.]
To withstand; to resist.
[Obs.]
Durst . . .
gainstand
the force of so many enraged desires.
Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gainstand

GA'INSTAND

,
Verb.
T.
To withstand; to oppose; to resist.

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