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S T A 
Hath the prince a full commission. 
To hear, and absolutely to determine 
Of what conditions we shall stand upon. Shakspeare. 
To persist in a claim ; to adhere; to abide. 
Despair would stand to the sword, 
To try what friends would do, or fate afford. Daniel. 
To be consistent.—His faithful people, whatsoever they 
rightly ask, the same shall they receive, so far as may stand 
with the glory of God, and their own everlasting good ; unto 
either of which it is no virtuous man’s purpose to seek any 
thing prejudicial. Hooker. —To be put aside with disregard. 
—We make all our addresses to the promises, hug and caress 
them, and in the interim let the commands stand by neg¬ 
lected. Dec. of Chr. Piety. 
To Stand by. To support; to defend ; not to desert.— 
If he meet with a repulse, we must throw off the fox’s skin, 
and put on the lion’s: come, gentlemen, 'you’ll stand by 
me. Dry den. 
To Stand by. To be present without being an actor. 
Margaret’s curse is fall’n upon our heads, 
For standing by when Richard kill’d her son. Shakspeare. 
To Stand by. To repose on; to rest in.—The world 
is inclined to stand by the Arundelian marble. Pope. 
To Stand for. To propose one’s self a candidate.— 
How many stand for consulships ?—Three: but ’tis thought 
of every one Coriolanus will carry it. Shakspeare. 
To Stand for. To maintain; to profess to support.— 
Those which stood for the presbytery thought their cause 
had more sympathy with the discipline of Scotland, than 
the hierarchy of England. Bacon. 
To Stand off. To keep at a distance.— Stand off, and 
let me take my fill of death. Dry den. 
To Stand off. Not to comply. 
Stand no more off. 
But give thyself unto my sick desires. Shakspeare. 
To Stand off. To forbear friendship or intimacy. 
Our bloods pour’d altogether 
Would quite confound distinction; yet stand off 
In differences so mighty. Shakspeare. 
To Stand off. To have relief; to appear protuberant 
or prominent.—Picture is best when it standet/Toff, as if it 
were carved ; and sculpture is best when it appeareth so ten¬ 
der as if it were painted ; when there is such a softness in the 
limbs, as if not a chisel had hewed them out of stone, but a 
pencil had drawn and stroaked them in oil. Wot ton. 
To Stand out. To hold resolution ; to oppose. 
King John hath reconcil'd 
Himself to Rome; his spirit is come in, 
That so stood out against the holy church. Shakspeare. 
To Stand out. Not to comply; to secede. 
Thou shalt see me at Tullus’ face : 
What, art thou stiff? stand'st out? Shakspeare. 
To Stand out. To be prominent or protuberant.— 
Their eyes stand out with fatness. Ps. 
To Stand to. To ply; to persevere. 
Palinurus, cry’d aloud. 
What gusts of weather from that gath’ring cloud 
My thoughts presage ; ere that the tempest roars, 
Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars. 
Dry den. 
To Stand to. To remain fixed in a purpose. 
He that will pass his land, 
As I have mine, may set his hand 
And heart unto this deed, when he hath read ; 
And make the purchase spread 
To both our goods if he to it will stand. Herbert. 
To Stand to. To abide by a contract or assertion.—As I 
have no reason to stand to the award of my enemies; so 
' neither dare I trust the partiality of my friends. Dry den. 
1 o Stand under. To undergo ; to sustain. 
If you unite in your complaints, 
And force them with a constancy, the Cardinal 
Cannot stand under them. Shakspeare. 
To Stand up. To erect one’s self; to rise from sitting. 
To Stand up. To arise in order to gain notice.—When 
the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such 
thing'- as I supposed. Acts. 
To Stand up. To make a party.—When we stood up 
about the corn, he himself stuck not to call us the many¬ 
headed monster. Shakspeare. 
To Stand upon. To concern; to interest. An imper¬ 
sonal sense.—Does it not stand me now upon ? Shak¬ 
speare. 
To Stand upon. To value; to take pride.—Men stand 
very much upon the reputation of their understandings, and 
of all things hate to be accounted fools: the best°way to 
avoid this imputation is to be religious. Ti/lotson. 
TVStand upon. To insist.—A rascally, yea — forsooth, 
knave, to bear a gentleman in hand, and then stand upon 
security. Shakspeare. 
To Stand, v. a. To endure; to resist without flying- or 
yielding. 
None durst stand him ; 
Here, there, and every where, enrag’d he flew. Shakspeare. 
Love stood the siege, and wou’d not yield his breast. 
„ Dry den. 
Oh! had bounteous Heaven 
Bestow’d Hippolitus on Phaedra’s arms, 
So had I stood the shock of angry fate. Smith. 
That not for fame, but virtue’s better end. 
He stood the furious foe, the timid friend, 
The damning critic. Pope. 
To await; to abide; to suffer. 
Bid him disband the legions. 
Submit his actions to the public censure. 
And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Addison. 
To keep; to maintain, with ground. 
Turning at the length, he stood his ground, 
And miss’d his friend. Dry den. 
STAND, s. A station ; a place where one waits standing. 
I have found you out a stand most fit. 
Where you may have such ’vantage on the duke. 
He shall not pass you. Shakspeare. 
Rank; post; station. Not used. 
Father, since your fortune did attain 
So high a stand; I mean not to descend. Daniel. 
A stop ; a halt. 
A race of youthful and unhandled colts 
Fetching mad bounds, bellowing and neighing; 
If any air of music touch their ears. 
You shall perceive them make a mutual stand; 
Their savage eyes turn’d to a modest gaze. Shakspeare. 
Stop ; interruption.—Should this circulation cease, the 
formation of bodies would be at an end, and nature at a per¬ 
fect stand. Woodward. —The act of opposing. 
We are come off 
Like Romans; neither foolish in our stands. 
Nor cowardly in retire. Shakspeare. 
Highest mark; stationary point; point from which the 
next motion is regressive.—In the beginning of summer the 
days are at a stand, with little variation of length or short¬ 
ness; because the diurnal variation of the sun partakes more 
of a right line than of a spiral. Dryden .—A point beyond 
which one cannot proceed. 
Every part of what we would, 
Must make a stand at what your highness will. Shakspeare. 
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment; hesitation. — A 
fool may so far imitate the mien of a wise man as at first to 
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