counterstand en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + stand.
Meanings
-
(archaic) A stand or stance against or in opposition
Your knowledge has no counterstand against her; / She makes provision, judges, and pursues / Her governance, as theirs the other gods.
1867, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, transl., The Divine Comedy, volume I (Inferno), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 42, lines 85–87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterstands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |