offstand
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.
- To offset; compensate for; make restitution for.
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”).
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