Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contracted form of
standeth , third person singular present indicative of stand. - noun Same as
stents .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Stands.
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Examples
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I will what you call stant the dinner, if you are SO
Roundabout Papers 2006
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I will what you call stant the dinner, if you are SO POOR! "and again he gave that disagreeable grin, and placed an odious crook-nailed and by no means clean finger to his nose.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890
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I will what you call stant the dinner, if you are SO POOR! "and again he gave that disagreeable grin, and placed an odious crooked-nailed and by no means clean finger to his nose.
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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In this case it looks like Obama's personal gain over took his much hyped stant "Change we can".
Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!' 2008
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Note 81: "Sy bettet och gewonlich vor únser frowen bild in der capell da die dry kúng stant."
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Handy laughed in response to Deerie's remark, for an in - stant startling Agape, because it was almost as if he had heard her words.
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It is a massive shame that such talented people believe they cant stant just because they wrote there actually thoughts down.
Why do Charlotte and James feel they cannot stand? Mark Reckons 2009
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With the ladder stant i just stick together, reaise up, climb and strap off, sit down, pullgun up (unloaded) and i'm ready, I haul on small trailer which is useful to haul deer out.
A Sticky Question 2007
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August 2, 2009 at 8:41 am caint kwite reech, I needs sumtin to stant on
Your Queen - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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"Formosaense regeering, onder Nicolaes Verburgh, gewesen gouverneur in Tayouan en over Formosa, met een appendix van diergelijcke stof, of samen-spraeck tusschen Ian ende Gerrit, beyde schoolmeesters, d'eene in Soulang en d'ander in Favorlang een wijle tijdts geresideert hebende, behelsende den verleden stant aldaer."
fbharjo commented on the word stant
as in constant??
December 14, 2010