"withstay" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: withstays [present, singular, third-person], withstaying [participle, present], withstayed [participle, past], withstayed [past]
Etymology: From with- (“back, against”) + stay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|with|stay|t1=back, against}} with- (“back, against”) + stay Head templates: {{en-verb}} withstay (third-person singular simple present withstays, present participle withstaying, simple past and past participle withstayed)
  1. (transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand. Tags: transitive Synonyms: gainstay

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From with- (“back, against”) + stay.",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "ref": "1854, S. T. Dobell, Balder iii. 10:",
          "text": "Death, careful of my learning, hath withstayed His final presence.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1885, R. Bridges, Eros & Psyche iii. v. 29:",
          "text": "It filled the passage of the rising glade, And there withstayed the sun in dazzling sheen.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Aldo Covello, Società italiana di fisica, Struttura Dei Nuclei Lontano Dalla Valle Di Stabilità:",
          "text": "More interestingly the shock has sufficiently high temperatures that nuclear binding cannot withstay and matter is ejected as free protons and neutrons from the neutron star surface.",
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        }
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        "To hold back; oppose; withstand."
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          "withstand",
          "withstand"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand."
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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        "present",
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          "text": "Death, careful of my learning, hath withstayed His final presence.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1885, R. Bridges, Eros & Psyche iii. v. 29:",
          "text": "It filled the passage of the rising glade, And there withstayed the sun in dazzling sheen.",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Aldo Covello, Società italiana di fisica, Struttura Dei Nuclei Lontano Dalla Valle Di Stabilità:",
          "text": "More interestingly the shock has sufficiently high temperatures that nuclear binding cannot withstay and matter is ejected as free protons and neutrons from the neutron star surface.",
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        "(transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand."
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    }
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}

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