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gainstands

gainstands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gainstand.

Meaning of gainstand

Verb

gainstand (third-person singular simple present gainstands, present participle gainstanding, simple past and past participle gainstood)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
    • He perceived three French Gentlemen, who alone, with an incredible and undaunted boldnesse, gainstood the enraged violence, and made head against the furie of his victorious armie., Folio Society, 2006, p.5
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To make or offer resistance.

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Questions about gainstands

What is gainstands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gainstands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gainstand.

Words near gainstands in the dictionary

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

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