offstand
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Verb — To resist or hold out against something.
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. It is cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand...
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