† asitv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To sit, settle; remain sitting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)]
asitOE
sitOE
setc1275
to sit down1659
OE Cynewulf Elene 997 Ofer swonrade secgas mid sigecwen aseted hæfdon on Creca land.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13153 Þa while þa þeos eorles þreo seiden heore erende. a-set [c1300 Otho sat] þe kaisere.
2. transitive. To sit against; to withstand.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist
withstandc888
withsake971
forstanda1000
to stand again ——OE
withsetc1000
again-standOE
to stand againOE
warnc1175
wiþerhaldec1175
atstandc1220
astand1250
withsitc1300
sitc1325
asitc1330
(it) may well withc1395
reversea1400
resist1417
ofstandc1425
onstandc1425
gainstand?c1450
endure1470
obsista1475
repugna1513
recountera1525
occur1531
desist1548
impugn1577
obstrigillate1623
counter-stand1648
stem1675
repique1687
to make face to1807
to fight off1833
to stick up1838
bay1848
withstay1854
buck1857
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 8150 Non his dent asit might.
a1400 Octouian 1665 No man ne myghte with strengthe asytte Hys swordes draught.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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