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WITHSTAND

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withstand past şi part. trec. withstood verb A. tranzitiv

a se împotrivi la, a se opuue la (sau cu dat.); a face faţă la (sau cu dat.), a ţine piept (cu dat.);

to withstand the blow a rezista loviturii.

withstand past şi part. trec. withstood verb B. intranzitiv

a rezista, a opune rezistenţă, a ţine piept.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

She had not been withstanding them on selfish principles alone, she had not consulted merely her own gratification; that might have been ensured in some degree by the excursion itself, by seeing Blaize Castle; no, she had attended to what was due to others, and to her own character in their opinion.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

There was no withstanding him.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function.

(Glaucoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Dorothy ran down and helped the Scarecrow to his feet, and the Lion came up to her, feeling rather bruised and sore, and said, It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstand them.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

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