单词 | substand |
释义 | substandv. Chiefly Philosophy. transitive. To stand or exist beneath or behind; to underpin, underlie; to support, sustain. ΚΠ 1870 E. Maitland Higher Law II. xi. 166 You started by postulating an universal Intelligence substanding all phenomena. 1914 U.L.T. (United Lodge Theosophists) 7 Feb. 43/1 Substance is that which substands or underlies phenomena. 1986 Philos. & Rhetoric 19 25 The phrase ‘a man of substance’, which refers not to his innermost nature but to his connections, money, property, and power, to that which supports or ‘substands’ what he is. 2007 E. Galun Plant Patterning xii. 424 Two rudimentary glumes substand three florets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1870 |
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