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† ˈobstant, a. Obs.
[ad. L. obstānt-em, pr. pple. of obstāre to stand against, f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + stāre to stand.]
Standing against; resisting, opposing.
1513Douglas æneis xii. ix. 99 That nother scheild nor obstant plait of steyll This cativis breist hes helpit neuir a deill. a1592Greene Selimus Prol., Like a sea or high resurging floud, All obstant lets, downe with his fury fling. 1623Cockeram, Obstant, resisting.
Hence † ˈobstantly adv., resistingly.
1562in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. xxx. 302 If any person..be thereof lawfully convicted..and will obstantly stand in the same. |