restem
verb/ɹəˈstɛm/
Etymology From re- + stem.
1
To force back against the current.
- to restem their backward coursec. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
2
To stem, or move against.
- to restem a current