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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.
–verb (used with object)
1.to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, esp. successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
–verb (used without object)
2.to stand in opposition; resist.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME withstanden, OE withstandan (see with-, stand); c. ON vithstanda; akin to G widerstehen]

—Related forms
with·stand·er, noun
with·stand·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. confront, face. See oppose.
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with·stand       (wĭth-stānd', wĭth-)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   with·stood (-stŏŏd'), with·stand·ing, with·stands

v.   tr.
  1. To oppose with force or resolution.
  2. To be successful in resisting. See Synonyms at oppose.

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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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
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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.
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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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