withstand

To withstand is to be able to successfully cope with something or to be able to resist or remain unaffected by something.

(verb)

When you are unaffected by 110 degree weather, this is an example of a time when you withstand harsh temperatures.

See withstand in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb withstood, withstanding

to oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way

Origin: ME withstanden < OE withstandan: see with- & stand

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verb with·stood (-sto͝odˈ), with·stand·ing, with·stands

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To resist or endure successfully.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English withstanden

Origin: , from Old English withstandan

Origin: : with, against; see with

Origin: + standan, to stand; see stand

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