atstand

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English atstonden, etstonden, ætstanden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ætstandan (“to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)”), equivalent to at- +‎ stand. Conflated with in some senses with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English anstanden (“to resist”). See astand.

Verb

atstand (third-person singular simple present atstands, present participle atstanding, simple past and past participle atstood)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand still; remain; stay.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To come to a standstill; stop.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a hostile stand; resist; withstand.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press.