v. Obs. [AGAIN- 1.] trans. and intr. To stand against, withstand, resist.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke xi. 53. Þa ongunnun ða farisei him aʓen standan [v.r. onʓean, Lindisf. wið-stonda, Hatton aʓén standen].
1205. Layamon, 3692. Æine … þe þe wulle aȝen-stonde [later text wid-stonde].
1315. E. E. Psalter (1843), lxxv. 8. Wha to þe Ogaine-stand sal.
1382. Wyclif, Matt. v. 39. Y say to ȝou, to nat aȝein-stonde yuel.
c. 1400. Apol. for Loll., 17. Þis not aȝenstonding, þei han founden a new ordinaunce.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., 479. As Jannes and Mambres aȝenstoden Moyses so these aȝenstonden treuthe.
1558. Grimalde, Tully’s Office, III. 133. He semed to folow profit; but that was none where honestye againstode it.
1553–87. Foxe, A. & M., I. 459/1. To againstond thine Enemies.
