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gainstanding en · NOUN

Etymology

From gainstand + -ing.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Resistance; opposition.
   • And so they entered into the town witliout any gainstanding. 1956, Elizabeth M. Nugent, The thought & culture of the English Renaissance:
   • The facts, however, are of so clear and palpable a nature, that there is no gainstanding them. 1847, The American journal of science, page 324:

gainstanding en · VERB

Etymology

From gainstand + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of gainstand
   form of gainstand