(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:49:27

Gain"stand` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n. gainstanding.] [See Again, and Stand.]

To withstand; to resist.

[Obs.]

Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P. Sidney.

 

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