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gainstood

gainstood is the simple past and past participle 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 gainstood

What is gainstood the simple past and past participle of?
Gainstood is the simple past and past participle of gainstand.

Words near gainstood in the dictionary

  1. gainstands
  2. gainstay
  3. gainstayed
  4. gainstaying
  5. gainstays
  6. gainstood
  7. gainstrife
  8. gainstrive
  9. gainstrived
  10. gainstriven
  11. gainstrives

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