antistō (not antes-) stetī, —, āre
ante + sto, to stand before , only fig., to excel, surpass, be superior : quanto antistaret eloquentia innocentiae, N.: si (quaeritur) ratio ... Pompeius antistat: alcui aliquā re.
antisto, v. antesto. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.