Italian edit

Etymology edit

From anti- (before, in front) +‎ stare (to be).

Verb edit

antistàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) antistò, first-person singular past historic antistétti or (traditional) antistètti, past participle antistàto, first-person singular future antistarò, first-person singular subjunctive antistìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive antistéssi, second-person singular imperative antistài or antistà', auxiliary èssere)

  1. (rare, literary, transitive) to be in front of something
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 48:
      Due colonne diritte e pulite antistavano l'ingresso, che appariva a prima vista come un solo grande arco
      Two straight and clean columns were in front of the entrance, that at first sight looked like a single big arch

Conjugation edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

antistāre

  1. present active infinitive of antistō