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gainstanding

gainstanding noun: resistance; opposition. Also the present participle and gerund of gainstand.

Noun

gainstanding (uncountable)

  1. Resistance; opposition.
    • The facts, however, are of so clear and palpable a nature, that there is no gainstanding them.1847, The American journal of science, page 324
    • And so they entered into the town witliout any gainstanding.1956, Elizabeth M. Nugent, The thought & culture of the English Renaissance

Also used as

gainstanding is also the present participle and gerund of gainstand.

Origin of gainstanding

From gainstand + -ing.

Questions about gainstanding

What does gainstanding mean?
Gainstanding means resistance; opposition.
What part of speech is gainstanding?
Gainstanding is a noun.

Words near gainstanding in the dictionary

  1. gainspeaking
  2. gainst
  3. gainstand
  4. gainstander
  5. gainstanders
  6. gainstanding
  7. gainstands
  8. gainstay
  9. gainstayed
  10. gainstaying
  11. gainstays

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