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/rɪzˈɪst/ /rizˈɪst/ Listen

verb

Resist v. t. (past & past part. resisted; pres. part. resisting)

1.

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. "That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist."

2.

To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. "God resisteth the proud." "Contrary to his high will Whom we resist."

3.

To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

4.

To be distasteful to. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

Resist v. i. To make opposition.

noun

Resist n.

1.

(Calico Printing) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers; also called reserve. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.

2.

(Technology) Something that resists or prevents a certain action; specif.: A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, or of a silicon wafer, to prevent the action on it of acid, other chemical agents, or any other process such as irradiation or deposition, which would modify the surface if not protected. The resist is usually applied or in some way formed into a pattern so that the underlying surface may be modified in a complementary pattern.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... liquor is utterly inconsistent with any thing like high spiritual enjoyment, clear spiritual views, or true devotion. A sense of shame must inevitably torment the professor who in such a day cannot resist those "fleshly lusts which war against the soul;" his brethren will turn from him in pity or disgust; and, what is infinitely more affecting, the Holy Spirit will not abide with him. Thus, without an approving conscience, without cordial Christian intercourse, without the ...

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... answer to their chief's remark, the real significance of which was unknown to them. Though they had come from Fougeres, where the scene which now presented itself to their eyes is also visible (but with certain differences caused by the change of perspective), they could not resist pausing to admire it again, like those dilettanti who enjoy all music the more when ...

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... solitary, speechless; there were moments when the thought of her sister's present trouble, and of the letter she was expecting from New York, would take the color from the sky; but no vexatious thought could long resist the enchantment of this air, and she forgot to be unhappy. She saw no more of the shepherd god, but always she was conscious of a presence in the ...

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