Withstand /(?)/

With·stand

Withstand

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Withstood; p. pr. & vb. n. Withstanding

  1. 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.
    I withstood him to the face.
    — Gal. ii. 11.
    Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast. The little tyrant of his fields withstood.