Meaning of gainstay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose.
   transitive
2. To deny (the right to); deprive (of).
   transitive

Examples

“Among the diversity of opinions that are entertained in regard to physical resistance, there are but a few found to gainstay that stern delcaration.”

“But this stance informs the way I regard the student essays I surveyed earlier, my belief that however challenging I may be in provoking interpretations of Thoreau, I ought not to gainstay my students' own Thoreauvian productions, […]”

“" [...] Then I dare not gainstay you, Devin. I just wish to bring out the best in such a noble son of Zenn-Ra."”

“… it was intended to be, a living fire of force in the world that cannot be gainstayed and which no storms can shake.”

“An illiterate woman, Mai-ch'en's wife is not gainstayed the benefit of the doubt.”

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