(poetic) Contraction of against.

(poetic) against

(transitive, UK dialectal) To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand. / (intransitive, UK dialectal) To make or offer resistance.

(now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Opposition; resistance.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainstand

simple past tense and past participle of gainstand

Resistance; opposition.

present participle of gainstand

(obsolete, transitive) To strive against; to resist, oppose. / (obsolete, intransitive) To resist; to fight back.

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