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▪ I. withˈstanding, vbl. n.
[f. withstand v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb withstand; opposition, resistance.
13..K. Alis. 2168 (Laud MS.), Stif wiþstondyng & wiȝth fleiȝeyng. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 12049 Þy wyþ⁓stondyng haþ hym rafte Of hys temptyng alle þe crafte. 1340Ayenb. 29 Wy[þ]stondinge, þet is hardnesse of herte. 1493[H. Parker] Dives & Pauper iii. xiii. (1496) 148/2 They shall haue sotylte of bodye without ony withstandynge, for ther shal no thynge withstande them. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. vi. 6 b/1 The first went with ladders in to the dykes. They founde no withstandyng. 1650Trapp Comm. Deut. xii. 3 Notwithstanding the withstandings of the rude rabble. 1696Aubrey Misc. ii. 28 To make several withstandings against the Shock of Fortune. 1842Newman Corr. (1917) 174 No one can tell how much there is in sympathy, over and above the influence one may have in withstanding.
So withˈstanding ppl. a., that withstands.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. III. Misc. i. ii. 15 The tumid Bladder.., bursts the withstanding Casements.
▪ II. † withˈstanding, prep. (conj.) Obs. (Only in Caxton.)
[pr. pple. of withstand used as a prep. (conj.) in imitation of OF. obstant (que). Cf. notwithstanding (= F. non obstant).]
Having regard to, on account of; seeing that.
c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxvi. 566 Why dyde ye calle my fader of treyson, wythstandyng that men know well that he is one of the trueste knyghtes of the worlde? 1490― Eneydos xvi. 65 Thynkyng in hymselfe to be in daunger of his persone..wythstandyng the inuectyue monycyons doon to hym. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 186 b/2 The marchaunt..wolde not by it withstandynge this that he knewe not how moche it myght well be worth. |