WITHSTAND, verb transitive [with and stand. See Stand.] To oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand the attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments. When Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face. Galatians 2:1.
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