withstand

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//wɪðˈstænd//
//wɪθˈstænd//

To resist or endure (something) successfully.

verbo

1
To resist or endure (something) successfully.
Tests showed that a tin ceiling could withstand a temperature of 1,369° for an hour and 10 minutes, whereas plaster collapsed in 12 minutes.
Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
2
To oppose (something) forcefully.

Etimologia

From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþistandan (“to withstand, resist”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Cognate with Old Frisian withstanda (“to resist”). Compare also Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”), Russian противостоять (protivostojatʹ, “to withstand”).

Formas

pretérito: withstood
particípio passado: withstood
gerúndio: withstanding
3.ª pessoa do singular: withstands

withholding · The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.within · In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.without · Lacking something; failing.

withstand · To resist or endure (something) successfully.

witness · Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.Witness · A Jehovah's Witness.witnessing · The act of bearing witness.

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