upstand

1. (intransitive) To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.Examples: "At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood / The wise Ulysses."; "The combination with a closet seat, of a flexible mat having sockets, plates secured upon the seat and having recesses, and a standard pivoted upon each plate and fold- able to lie in the respective socket or to upstand from the seat, […]"; "Put differently, attention to norms and rules did not increase the likelihood that a student would choose to upstand or intervene. Students who were more likely to recommend direct support for the victim (choosing to upstand), however, […]"intransitive