outstand

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Definition of outstand

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
    “Like Solomon's fool, he outstands all reproof.”
    “[T]he Elephas primigenius [woolly mammoth] and some of its associates which were able to outstand the inclemency of that severe period, wandered back over their ancient territory, […]”
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verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
    “Like Solomon's fool, he outstands all reproof.”
    “[T]he Elephas primigenius [woolly mammoth] and some of its associates which were able to outstand the inclemency of that severe period, wandered back over their ancient territory, […]”
  2. (transitive)To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
    “I have outstood my time, which is material / To the tender of our present.”
    “This difficulty […] does not arise from, nor is it peculiar to, revealed religion. It is a difficulty which outstands all systems; […]”
  3. (intransitive)To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
    “A lever connected to the cam outstands from the throat block, […]”
    “The frog simply outstands from its surroundings due to its dark purplish vibrant color.”
  4. (archaic, intransitive)To stand out to sea.
  5. (archaic, intransitive)To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.
    “The Judge gave a judgment against the whole boat's crew, I being one of the men, for $30,000. Of course, we did not feel like paying it. I did not; it was none of my fault, but I happened to belong to the same boat, and it outstands there now.”

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Etymology

From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”).

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