withstandv. t.[AS. wistandan. See With, prep., and Stand.] To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.(Piers Plowman.)I withstood him to the face. (Gal. ii. 11.)Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood. (Gray.)