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offstands

offstands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of offstand.

Meaning of offstand

Verb

offstand (third-person singular simple present offstands, present participle offstanding, simple past and past participle offstood)

  1. (transitive) To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.
    • Those who are involved in long enmities sacrifice continually to the hidit in order to offstand such affliction.1919, Roy Franklin Barton, Ifugao economics: Volume 15, Issues 1-5
  2. (transitive) To offset; compensate for; make restitution for.
    • To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions.1886, The Current: politics, literature, science and art: Volume 6

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Questions about offstands

What is offstands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Offstands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of offstand.

Words near offstands in the dictionary

  1. offstaged
  2. offstages
  3. offstaging
  4. offstand
  5. offstanding
  6. offstands
  7. offstood
  8. offstream
  9. offsuit
  10. offtake
  11. offtaken

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