With*stand" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withstood (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Withstanding.] [AS. wiðstandan. 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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