gainstand
verbEtymology
From Middle English gainstanden, corresponding to gain- + stand. Compare againstand.
- inherited from gainstanden
Definitions
To stand against
To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
- He perceived three French Gentlemen, who alone, with an incredible and undaunted boldnesse, gainstood the enraged violence, and made head against the furie of his victorious armie.
- It was the New Castle built upon Tyne to gainstand the Scots, who then and for some centuries afterwards sadly troubled these rough borderers, and in turn were sadly troubled by them.
To make or offer resistance.
Opposition
Opposition; resistance.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA