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gainstanding

noun

Etymology

From gainstand + -ing.

  1. inherited from gainstanden
  2. suffixed as gainstanding — “gainstand + ing”

Definitions

  1. Resistance

    Resistance; opposition.

    • The facts, however, are of so clear and palpable a nature, that there is no gainstanding them.
    • And so they entered into the town witliout any gainstanding.

  2. present participle and gerund of gainstand

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gainstanding. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA