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Definition of stand : 1. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian ( see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
2. To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.

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hold out, take, refuse, put-up, groundwork, ache, standstill, stalling, remain firm, back, corroborate, plump for, confirm, plinth, turn out, hurt, belief, rise, back up, expect, last, meet, brave, take the part of, carrell, tolerate, bandstand, acquit, place upright, deadlock, hold water, jump out, alkali, endure, assert, permit, live, nominate, fend for, wrack, infrastructure, concentrate, tie up, deport, rack, treat, indorse, blow, assume, wear, plunk for, upspring, gestate, jib, jump, stalemate, set up, swallow, cornerstone, offer, rear, contribute, take a position, prevail, basis, sustain, get behind, hold, base of operations, stage, protrude, foot, project, sales booth, vantage point, baulk, accept, root word, recommend, kiosk, die hard, go, stick up, bide, digest, right, defy, tie, carry, weather, abide, champion, can, substructure, condense, pay, view, patronize, root, bear out, put forward, lose, reject, uprise, underpin, platform, take over, stands, have, align oneself with, al-Qa'ida, jut out, affirm, impasse, give birth, association, hold up, nucleotide, uphold, house, al-Qaeda, arise, al-Qaida, get up, conduct, keep going, have a bun in the oven, tin, booth, standpoint, subscribe, horizontal, lump, support, radix, suffer, fundament, provide, get, attitude, station, jut, contain, live on, balk, understructure, stick out, brave out, survive, stall, run, patronise, stand firm, home, affiliation, fight, yield, bristle, advocate, birth, stand by, radical, go to bat for, pedestal, theme, viewpoint, foundation, allow, bag, raise, fend, point of view, deliver, footstall, bear, behave, opinion, carrel, single-foot, erect, cubicle, stand-up, say, outdoor stage, substantiate, floor, base, brook, stand out, notion, stomach, side with, comport, declare, wheel, domiciliate, persist, patronage, dead end, stem, leap out, endorse

contend (part of speech: verb)

contrast, quarrel, hassle, dispute, antagonize, oppose, encounter, defend, conflict, clash, withstand, struggle, protest, wrestle, bicker, confront, dissent, contend, resist, wrangle, vie, brawl, argue, face

situate (part of speech: verb)

place, locate, post, put, situate, lay

rest (part of speech: verb)

rest, pause, subside, stay, stagnate, calm, settle down, becalm, quiet, settle, vegetate, slumber, sleep, fix, wait, still, tranquilize, mark time

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