Verb (used with object) : to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.    From Dictionary.com. 

His father is a stout withstander of the Scots, and the earl would have given him knighthood, if he would have taken it; and maybe, in the future, the son will win that honour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower] Reference

Remember what I told you: this wealthy franklin is proud, fierce, jealous, and irritable, a withstander of the nobility, and even of his neighbors, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf and Philip Malvoisin, who are no babies to strive with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivanhoe] Reference

Remember what I told you; this wealthy Franklin is proud, fierce, jealous, and irritable; a withstander of the nobility, and even of his neighbours, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, and Philip Malvoisin, who are no babes to strive with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivanhoe. A Romance] Reference