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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Gainstand

· Gain·stand · IPA
01 v. t. To withstand; to resist.
imp. & p. p. Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n. gainstanding
  1. 1.
    To withstand; to resist.[Obs.]
    “Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires.” Sir P. Sidney.