To endure or bear without giving way; to withstand; to stand. Obsolete.

transitive. To resist the weight, stress, or painfulness of; to endure, bear, stand. Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. To support, to back up; to corroborate. Obsolete.

With adverbs. to fight back: to resist. to fight down: to overcome. to fight off: (a) transitive to deliver oneself with effort from; to repel, li…

intransitive. To endure or hold out in the face of adversity; to bear up. Also occasionally transitive with it in the same sense. Obsolete.

transitive. To face or encounter (a danger, fortune, etc.) without flinching or retreating; to be exposed or liable to (danger, risk, etc.). Cf. to…

To sustain, bear, endure, ‘stand’ (some treatment). Obsolete.

transitive. To endure to the end, hold out under or against (a difficult or painful experience, harsh conditions, etc.); to last out (a period of…

to bide out: to endure to the end. Obsolete.

intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To endure, put up with, tolerate. Usually in negative constructions. Cf. main sense 8d(a).

transitive. With object in place of it: to withstand to the end.