atstand
verbEtymology From Middle English atstonden, etstonden, ætstanden, from Old English ætstandan (“to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)”), equivalent to at- + stand. Conflated in some senses with Middle English anstanden (“to resist”). See astand.
1
Obsolete To stand still; remain; stay.
2
Obsolete To come to a standstill; stop.
3
Obsolete To make a hostile stand; resist; withstand.
4
Obsolete To stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press.