Definition of "upstand"

At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood / The wise Ulysses.

1820, Homer, William Cowper, translated by into English blank verse, The Iliad of Homer: with notes

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, […]

1912, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 174

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, […]

2010, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Judith Torney-Purta, Constance A. Flanagan, Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth