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Webster 1913 Edition
Withstand
With-stand′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Withstood
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Withstanding
.] To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force;
as, to
. withstand
an attack of troops; to withstand
eloquence or argumentsPiers Plowman.
I
withstood
him to the face. Gal. ii. 11.
Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields
The little tyrant of his fields
withstood
. Gray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Withstand
WITHSTAND
,Verb.
T.
When Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face. Galatians 2.
Definition 2024
withstand
withstand
English
Verb
withstand (third-person singular simple present withstands, present participle withstanding, simple past and past participle withstood)
- To resist or endure (something) successfully.
- 2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
- Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
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- To oppose (something) forcefully.
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Translations
to resist
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to oppose
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