"offstand" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ofstonden}} Middle English ofstonden, {{inh|en|ang|ofstandan|t=to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution}} Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*afstandaną}} Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, {{m|gem-pro|*afstāną}} *afstāną, {{af|en|off-|stand}} off- + stand, {{cog|nl|afstaan||to cede, yield, relinquish}} Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), {{cog|de|abstehen||to project, stick out, stand away}} German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), {{cog|sv|avstå||to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish}} Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} offstand (uncountable)
  1. Offset; restitution. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-offstand-en-noun-IbLuLENf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 23 27

Verb

Forms: offstands [present, singular, third-person], offstanding [participle, present], offstood [participle, past], offstood [past]
Etymology: From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ofstonden}} Middle English ofstonden, {{inh|en|ang|ofstandan|t=to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution}} Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*afstandaną}} Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, {{m|gem-pro|*afstāną}} *afstāną, {{af|en|off-|stand}} off- + stand, {{cog|nl|afstaan||to cede, yield, relinquish}} Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), {{cog|de|abstehen||to project, stick out, stand away}} German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), {{cog|sv|avstå||to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish}} Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”) Head templates: {{en-verb|offstands|offstanding|offstood}} offstand (third-person singular simple present offstands, present participle offstanding, simple past and past participle offstood)
  1. (transitive) To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-offstand-en-verb-urvcIubr Categories (other): English terms prefixed with off- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 30 52 17
  2. (transitive) To offset; compensate for; make restitution for. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-offstand-en-verb-oxF4prsm

Inflected forms

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