释义 |
withˈstander [f. withstand v. + -er1.] One who withstands; a resister, opponent.
a1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 25 b, Þe schirreue..sal..chastise þe withstonderes þoru þe prison. 1382Wyclif Num. xxii. 33 Ȝyuynge stede to the withstonder. 1550Bale Engl. Votaries ii. 49 To terryfye their withstanders. 1567Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 569 A withstandar of his Hienes authoritie. 1588Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 6 Proud prelates, intolerable withstanders of reformation. a1618Raleigh Judic. & Sel. Ess. ii. (1650) 1 War..may be defined the exercise of violence under Soveraigne Command, against withstanders force. 1745Dodsley Rex et Pontifex Misc. I. 155 Silence every bold withstander That shall dare to disobey. 1820Examiner No. 645. 530/1 It has seen him withstand the withstanders of those despotisms. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 199 Obstinate withstanders of all novelty. |