English Explanatory Dictionary

atstand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To stand still; remain; stay.
  2. To come to a standstill; stop.
  3. To make a hostile stand; resist; withstand.
  4. To stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press.

Word forms

atstand atstands atstanding atstood

Etymology

From Middle English atstonden, etstonden, ætstanden, from Old English ætstandan (“to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)”), equivalent to at- + stand. Conflated in some senses with Middle English anstanden (“to resist”). See astand.

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