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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
with·stand
[with-stand, with-] Pronunciation Key verb, -stood, -stand·ing.
[with-stand, with-] Pronunciation Key verb, -stood, -stand·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, esp. successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation. |
| 2. | to stand in opposition; resist. |
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| with·stand
(wĭth-stānd', wĭth-) Pronunciation Key
v. with·stood (-stŏŏd'), with·stand·ing, with·stands v. tr.
v. intr. To resist or endure successfully. [Middle English withstanden, from Old English withstandan : with, against; see with + standan, to stand; see stand.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
withstand
withstand
O.E. wiðstandan, from wið "against" (see with) + standan "to stand" (see stand (v.)); perhaps a loan-translation of L. resistere "to resist." Cf. O.N. viðstanda, O.Fris. withstonda, O.H.G. widarstan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| withstand | |
verb | |
| 1. | resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" [syn: defy] |
| 2. | stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn: resist] [ant: give up] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Withstand
With*stand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withstood; p. pr. & vb. n. Withstanding.] [AS. wi[eth]standan. 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.
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