withstay

English

Etymology

From with- (“back, against”) +‎ stay.

Verb

withstay (third-person singular simple present withstays, present participle withstaying, simple past and past participle withstayed)

1. (transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand.
   • 1854, S. T. Dobell, Balder iii. 10:

     Death, careful of my learning, hath withstayed His final presence.

   • 1885, R. Bridges, Eros & Psyche iii. v. 29:

     It filled the passage of the rising glade, And there withstayed the sun in dazzling sheen.

   • 2008, Aldo Covello, Società italiana di fisica, Struttura Dei Nuclei Lontano Dalla Valle Di Stabilità:

     More interestingly the shock has sufficiently high temperatures that nuclear binding cannot withstay and matter is ejected as free protons and neutrons from the neutron star surface.

Synonyms

• gainstay