Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainstand

simple past tense and past participle of gainstand

Resistance; opposition.

present participle of gainstand

(poetic) Contraction of against.

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

(poetic) against

Marked by gain; gainful; profitable.

Well-formed; handsome; gainly.

The side on which gain, increase, or prosperity is accrued; the upside.