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gainstay

verb

Etymology

From gain- + stay (“to stand”). Compare gainstand.

  1. derived from *(s)teg-✻
  2. derived from *stakô✻
  3. derived from *stakā✻
  4. derived from estaye
  5. derived from *stéh₂tis✻
  6. derived from *stadiz✻
  7. derived from *stadi✻
  8. derived from staeye
  9. derived from estayer
  10. inherited from steyen
  11. prefixed as gainstay — “gain + stay”

Definitions

  1. To stand against or in opposition to

    To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose.

    • Among the diversity of opinions that are entertained in regard to physical resistance, there are but a few found to gainstay that stern delcaration.
    • But this stance informs the way I regard the student essays I surveyed earlier, my belief that however challenging I may be in provoking interpretations of Thoreau, I ought not to gainstay my students' own Thoreauvian productions, […]
    • " [...] Then I dare not gainstay you, Devin. I just wish to bring out the best in such a noble son of Zenn-Ra."

  2. To deny (the right to)

    To deny (the right to); deprive (of).

    • … it was intended to be, a living fire of force in the world that cannot be gainstayed and which no storms can shake.
    • An illiterate woman, Mai-ch'en's wife is not gainstayed the benefit of the doubt.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA