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outstand

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Etymology

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From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- +‎ stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (to bear, tolerate), Dutch uitstaan (to abide, suffer, dree), German ausstehen (to stand, endure, abide), Swedish utstå (to suffer, endure, pass through).

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Verb

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outstand (third-person singular simple present outstands, present participle outstanding, simple past and past participle outstood)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
    • 1658, John Spencer, Thomas Fuller, “CCCXXVI.—A sinful man is a senseless man.”, in ΚΑΙΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΛΑΙΑ[:] Things New and Old; or A Storehouse of Similes, Sentences, Allegories, Apophthegms, Apologues, Adages, Divine, Moral, Political, &c., [] , page 84:
      Like Solomon's fool, he outstands all reproof.
    • 1861 January, Samuel Joseph Mackie, “The Evidences of the Geological Age and Human Manufacture of the Fossil Flint Implements”, in Samuel Joseph Mackie, editor, The Geologist:
      [T]he Elephas primigenius [woolly mammoth] and some of its associates which were able to outstand the inclemency of that severe period, wandered back over their ancient territory, []
  2. (transitive) To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
  3. (intransitive) To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
    • 1971 August 17, Charles L. Welton, “Releasable Mooring Rope”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume 889, number 3:
      A lever connected to the cam outstands from the throat block, []
    • 2015, Adrian Sanqui, “Purple Fluorescent Frog”, in Drawing Frogs[:] How to Draw Frogs for the Beginner (Learn to Draw), volume 2, →ISBN, page 20:
      The frog simply outstands from its surroundings due to its dark purplish vibrant color.
  4. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) To stand out to sea.
  5. (intransitive, archaic) To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.
    • 1883, Thomas J. Knight, “Testimony of Thomas J. Knight”, in Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Legislature of the State of California, volume III, page 77:
      The Judge gave a judgment against the whole boat's crew, I being one of the men, for $30,000. Of course, we did not feel like paying it. I did not; it was none of my fault, but I happened to belong to the same boat, and it outstands there now.

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References

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  • outstand”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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