gainstand

== English == === Alternative forms === ganestand === Etymology === From Middle English gainstanden, corresponding to gain- +‎ stand. Compare againstand. === Verb === gainstand (third-person singular simple present gainstands, present participle gainstanding, simple past and past participle gainstood) (transitive, UK dialectal) To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand. , Folio Society, 2006, p.5: He perceived three French Gentlemen, who alone, with an incredible and undaunted boldnesse, gainstood the enraged violence, and made head against the furie of his victorious armie. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To make or offer resistance. ==== Derived terms ==== gainstander gainstanding === Noun === gainstand (plural gainstands) (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Opposition; resistance.