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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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