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Stand for
as entry term
To
STAND
for
. To propose one's self a candidate.
How many
stand for
consulships?—— three; but 'tis thought of every one Coriolanus
will carry it.
Shakespeare
.
If they were jealous that Coriolanus had a design on their liberties when he
stood for
the consulship, it was but just that they should give him a repulse.
Dennis
.
To
STAND
for
. To maintain; to profess to support.
Those which
stood for
the presbytery thought their cause had more sympathy with the
discipline of Scotland, than the hierarchy of England.
Bacon
.
Freedom we all
stand for
. Ben. Johnson.
Stand for
and
stood for
as syntagms in definitions
.
To ANSWER.
To be equivalent to; to
stand for
something else.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth
all things.
Bible
Eccl. x. 19
.
APPE'LLATIVE. n.s. [appelativum, Lat.]
Words and names are either common or proper. Common names are such as
stand for
universal ideas, or a whole rank of beings, whether general or special. These are called
appellatives
.
Watts's Logick
.
OXSTALL. n.s. [ox and stall.]
A
stand for oxen
.
STILLING. n.s. [from still.]
1. The act of stilling.
2. A
stand for
casks.
Figure 8.1
Reconstruction of paradigm for
stand for
and
stood for
. Source: Johnson
1755/1996.
