Gainstand
Pronunciation : Gain"stand`
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Again, and Stand.]
Definition : Defn: To withstand; to resist. [Obs.] Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P. Sidney.
t. [imp. & p. p. Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n. gainstanding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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