Dryden.
The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it
came and stood over where the young child was.
Matt. ii. 9.
4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to
impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find
endurance, strength, or resources.
My mind on its own center stands unmoved.
Dryden.
5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to
be safe.
Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall.
Spectator.
6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed,
steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. "The
standing pattern of their imitation." South.
The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and
to stand for their life.
Esther viii. 11.
7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep
from falling into error or vice.
We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his
appointment.
Latimer.
8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a
particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in
the rank of gifts.
9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to
consist. "Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks." Heb.
ix. 10.
Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am
prepared to go.
Dryden.
Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.
Sir W. Scott.