atstand

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verb

To stand still; remain; stay.

OriginMiddle English atstonden ← Old English ætstandan →
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Meanings

verbatstand (third-person singular simple present atstands, present participle atstanding, simple past and past participle atstood)

present singular third person atstands · participle present atstanding · participle past atstood · past atstood

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo stand still; remain; stay.
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo come to a standstill; stop.
  3. intransitiveobsoleteTo make a hostile stand; resist; withstand.
  4. obsoletetransitiveTo stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishanstanden“to resist”
  2. Old Englishætstandan“to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)”
  3. Middle Englishatstonden
  4. Englishatstand

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.

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APA

atstand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atstand

MLA

“atstand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atstand. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atstand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atstand.

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