Withstay

Origin

From -("back, against") + stay.

Full definition of withstay

Verb

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