Upstand
Origin
From Middle English upstanden, equivalent to - + stand. Cognate with Dutch opstaan ("to rise, stand up"), German aufstehen ("to arise, get up, stand up"), Swedish uppstå ("to arise, emerge, come up").
Full definition of upstand
Verb
- (intransitive) To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
- 1820, Homer, William Cowper, The Iliad of Homer: translated into English blank verse, with notes:At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise Ulysses.
- 1912, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 174:The combination with a closet seat, of a flexible mat having sockets, plates secured upon the seat and having recesses, and a standard pivoted upon each plate and fold- able to lie in the respective socket or to upstand from the seat , ...
- 2010, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Judith Torney-Purta, Constance A. Flanagan, Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth:Put differently, attention to norms and rules did not increase the likelihood that a student would choose to upstand or intervene. Students who were more likely to recommend direct support for the victim (choosing to upstand), however , ...