outstand
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outstand
Rhymes with -ænd
Where it comes from
From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”).
verb outstands · outstanding · outstood
- To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding. Like Solomon's fool, he outstands all reproof.
- To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay. I have outstood my time, which is material / To the tender of our present.
- To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent. A lever connected to the cam outstands from the throat block, […]
- To stand out to sea.
- To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined. The Judge gave a judgment against the whole boat's crew, I being one of the men, for $30,000. Of course, we did not feel like paying it. I did not; it was none of my fault, but I happened to belong to the same boat, and it outstands there now.
