gainstay
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gainstay
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From gain- + stay (“to stand”). Compare gainstand.
verb gainstays · gainstaying · gainstayed
- To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose. Among the diversity of opinions that are entertained in regard to physical resistance, there are but a few found to gainstay that stern delcaration.
- To deny (the right to); deprive (of). … it was intended to be, a living fire of force in the world that cannot be gainstayed and which no storms can shake.
