transitive. To stand or maintain one's or its position against; to offer resistance to, resist… a person, his will, desire, power, etc.

= withsay, v. 1 2 3.

transitive. To oppose, withstand; to bar.

intransitive. To withstand, resist, oppose; (in later use also) to compete against (another candidate, esp. the incumbent) in a contested…

transitive. To resist, oppose, withstand. Also occasionally const. infinitive: To prevent from doing something.

transitive. To stand against, withstand, resist. Also intransitive.

intransitive. To offer resistance or opposition. Cf. main sense 8a, to stand again —— 1 at phrasal verbs 2.

To resist.

In sense (1), used (esp. by Layamon) in compounds denoting hostile acts or contests, as wiþerblench, wiþerded, wiþergome, wiþerhap, wiþerueht, wiþerst…

with dative becoming at length transitive. To stand to. To withstand, resist.

transitive and absol. To withstand. Cf. atstand, v.

transitive. To oppose, resist, withstand. Also, to prevent; to ward off.

transitive. Originally: to keep one's seat beneath (a blow or stroke). Subsequently also: to endure, bear; to put up with. Also with indirect…

transitive. To sit against; to withstand.

intransitive. To be strong; to have power or influence. Old English ic mæg wel: I am in good health. if I may: if I have any power in the matter…

transitive. To oppose, resist. Obsolete.

To strive against, fight or act in opposition to, oppose; to contrive not to yield to; to withstand, be… transitive. With a person, his or her…

transitive. To withstand. Cf. atstand, v. 4a.

intransitive. With again. To withstand, resist.

transitive. To withstand, oppose, resist.

To withstand as an adversary, support, sustain. Obsolete.

transitive. To oppose, resist, fight against.

To fight, strive, or contend; to offer opposition or resistance; to rebel; to be recalcitrant; to… intransitive. With to. Obsolete.

transitive. To confront, withstand, or counteract (a feeling or action). Obsolete.

transitive. To meet, encounter; to oppose, resist. Obsolete.

To withstand (? error for resist). Obsolete. rare.

To fight in resistance against; to withstand, resist, oppose. Obsolete.

transitive. To oppose, resist.

transitive. To stand against, withstand; = again-stand, v.

transferred and figurative. To go counter to, make headway against (something compared to a stream); rarely, †to face, defy (a person).

In extended use. transitive. To repel, resist; to thwart. Obsolete.

to make face to: to offer resistance to. Obsolete.

With adverbs. to fight back: to resist. to fight down: to overcome. to fight off: (a) transitive to deliver oneself with effort from; to repel, li…

intransitive. colloquial. To stand up to a person; to offer resistance to.

transitive. To stand at bay against. rare.

to hold back, oppose, withstand.

intransitive. Of persons. Chiefly figurative with against or at. Originally U.S.