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Stand

Stand (stand)
v. i.(?)
Stand
[imp. *** p. p. Stood (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Standing.] [OE. standen] AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st1913 webster dictionaryn, D. staan, OS. standan,
  1. To be at rest in an erect position] to be fixed in an upright or firm position
    ; as: (a)
  2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.

    Wite ye not where there stands a little town? Chaucer.

  3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

    I charge thee, stand,
    And tell thy name.     Dryden.

    The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. Matt. ii. 9.

  4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.

    My mind on its own center stands unmoved. Dryden.

  5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

    Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall. Spectator.

  6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
    "The standing pattern of their imitation." South.

    The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life. Esther viii. 11.

  7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.

    We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment. Latimer.

  8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
  9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
    "Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks." Heb. ix. 10.

    Accomplish what your signs foreshow;
    I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.     Dryden.

    Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry. Sir W. Scott.

  10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

    Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing
    But what may stand with honor.     Massinger.

  11. To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.

    From the same parts of heaven his navy stands. Dryden.

  12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.

    He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university. Walton.

  13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

    Or the black water of Pomptina stands. Dryden.

  14. To measure when erect on the feet.

    Six feet two, as I think, he stands. Tennyson.

  15. To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
    Bouvier. (b)

Stand

Stand (stand)
v. t.(?)
Stand
  1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
  2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
    "Love stood the siege." Dryden.

    He stood the furious foe. Pope.

  3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

    Bid him disband his legions, . . .
    And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.     Addison.

  4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
  5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
    [Colloq.] Thackeray.

    To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way. -- To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." Macaulay. -- To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.

Stand

Stand (stand)
n.(?)
Stand
[As. stand. See Stand, v. i.]
  1. The act of standing.

    I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. Spectator.

  2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.

    Vice is at stand, and at the highest flow. Dryden.

  3. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.

    I have found you out a stand most fit,
    Where you may have such vantage on the duke,
    He shall not pass you.     Shak.

  4. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
    Dickens.
  5. A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
  6. A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
  7. A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
  8. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
    [U. S.]
  9. Rank; post; station; standing.

    Father, since your fortune did attain
    So high a stand, I mean not to descend.     Daniel.

  10. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
    L'Estrange.
  11. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
  12. A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.

    Microscope stand, the instrument, excepting the eyepiece, objective, and other removable optical parts. -- Stand of ammunition, the projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together. -- Stand of arms. (Mil.) See under Arms. -- Stand of colors (Mil.), a single color, or flag. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.) -- To be at a stand, to be stationary or motionless; to be at a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed. -- To make a stand, to halt for the purpose of offering resistance to a pursuing enemy.

    Syn. -- Stop; halt; rest; interruption; obstruction; perplexity; difficulty; embarrassment; hesitation.

Stand

Stand (stand)
v. i.(?)
Stand
(Card Playing)
  1. To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.












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