stand \stand\ sta^nd, v. t.
   1. to endure; to sustain; to bear; as, i can not stand the
      cold or the heat.
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   2. to resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
      "love stood the siege." --dryden.
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            he stood the furious foe.             --pope.
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   3. to abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
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            bid him disband his legions, . . .
            and stand the judgment of a roman senate. --addison.
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   4. to set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on
      the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
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   5. to be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
      colloq. --thackeray.
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   to stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy
      without giving way.

   to stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one
      has taken; to maintain one's position. "peasants and
      burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground
      against veteran soldiers." --macaulay.

   to stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a
      cause; not to give up without trial.
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see also:
to stand fire to stand one's ground to stand trial