gainstanding
English
Etymology
From gainstand + -ing.
Noun
gainstanding (uncountable)
- Resistance; opposition.
- 1847, The American journal of science - Page 324:
- The facts, however, are of so clear and palpable a nature, that there is no gainstanding them.
- 1956, Elizabeth M. Nugent, The thought & culture of the English Renaissance:
- And so they entered into the town witliout any gainstanding.
- 1847, The American journal of science - Page 324:
Verb
gainstanding
- present participle of gainstand