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1 definition found 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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