forstanding
forstanding is the present participle and gerund of forstand.
Meaning of forstand
Verb
forstand (third-person singular simple present forstands, present participle forstanding, simple past and past participle forstood)
- To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.
- And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of...
- To understand; comprehend.
- How can I forstand your Professors, when they dinna forstand themselves.1878, Samuel Smiles, Robert Dick: baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist
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