Sentence:  "His excellency is wise not to waste breath renewing it. He grows fat, and his breath is short" "What can you expect to gain by resistance, save death?" Gonzales asked. "How can you hope to <WSD>offstand</WSD> a score and a half of us? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.