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Webster 1913 Edition

Withstand

With-stand′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Withstood
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Withstanding
.]
[AS.
wiðstandan
. See
With
,
p
rep.
, 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 1828 Edition

Withstand

WITHSTAND

,
Verb.
T.
[with and stand. See Stand.] To oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand the attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.
When Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face. Galatians 2.

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