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astand

vb. 1 (context intransitive obsolete English) To arise; rise up. 2 (context intransitive obsolete English) To come to a standstill; stop; arrive. 3 (context intransitive obsolete English) To remain standing; continue; abide; persist; onstand. 4 (context transitive obsolete English) To withstand; atstand.

Usage examples of "astand".

To the left of the door were leather cases, piled one upon the other, a set of fur leg wrappings astand beside the cases, as though recently left.

I, astand where the gate halves met, was first within, yet little was left to be done where the males were concerned.

Deep-piled and incredibly soft was the blue floor cloth beneath our feet, platforms large and small standing in many places upon it, slaves both male and female astand beside and about them, in the shadows, poised ever ready to be commanded to their tasks.

Upon these platforms were metal eating boards, golden and bedecked with many-colored glittering stones, tall pots called goblets astand beside them, also of golden metal and cluttered with stones.

The seat he sat upon was of the sort called throne, seemingly made of golden metal picked out in glittering stones, wide enough for his massive girth, draped in blue silk, astand upon a platform which raised the seat above the level of the others in the chamber.

A wide hand in the chest of Gengan brusquely pushed the other male aside, and then was the gray-clad one astand before the town female.

Nobain spun about to see the broad form of Mehrayn, astand with sword gripped tightly in fist, thoroughly enraged.