Gain″stand′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n.gainstanding.] [See Again, and Stand.] To withstand; to resist.
Durst... gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P. Sidney.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.