Withstand
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To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical ormoral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstandeloquence or arguments. Piers Plowman.I withstood him to the face. Gal. ii. 11.Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast. The little tyrantof his fields withstood. Gray.
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to be strong enough, or not be changed by something, or to oppose a person or thing successfully:
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