outstand

verb

1. To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.

   archaic, transitive

   Like Solomon's fool, he outstands all reproof.

2. To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.

   transitive

   I have outstood my time, which is material / To the tender of our present.

3. To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.

   intransitive

   A lever connected to the cam outstands from the throat block, […]

4. To stand out to sea.

   archaic, intransitive

Where it comes from

From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry outstand (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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