atstand

Meaning

Verb

• To stand still; remain; stay.
• To come to a standstill; stop.
• To make a hostile stand; resist; withstand.
• To stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press.

Origin

• From Middle English atstonden, etstonden, ætstanden, from Old English ætstandan ("to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)"), equivalent to at- + stand. Conflated in some senses with Middle English anstanden ("to resist"). See astand.