Withstand
Withstand , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon wiestandan. See With, prep., and Stand.]
To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments. — Piers Plowman
I withstood him to the face.
Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood.