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Withstood

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with·stand  (wth-stnd, w-)
v. with·stood (-std), with·stand·ing, with·stands
v.tr.
1. To oppose with force or resolution.
2. To be successful in resisting. See Synonyms at oppose.
v.intr.
To resist or endure successfully.
[Middle English withstanden, from Old English withstandan : with, against; see with + standan, to stand; see stand.]
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We have in Italy, for example, the Duke of Ferrara, who could not have withstood the attacks of the Venetians in '84, nor those of Pope Julius in '10, unless he had been long established in his dominions.
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The latter, all the while swearing that he would not go, went on board with a regular arsenal of hunting weapons, among which were two double-barrelled breech-loading fowling-pieces, and a rifle that had withstood every test, of the make of Purdey, Moore & Dickson, at Edinburgh.
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