English Explanatory Dictionary

withsit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To resist, oppose, be set against or in opposition to.
To withstand.

Word forms

withsit withsits withsitting withsat withsitten

Etymology

From Middle English withsitten (“to resist”), from with- (“against”) + sitten (“to be positioned, sit”). More at with-, sit.

Related words

withset

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