Resist
[rɪ'zɪst]
Definition
(verb.) withstand the force of something; 'The trees resisted her'; 'stand the test of time'; 'The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow'.
(verb.) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
(verb.) refuse to comply.
(verb.) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; 'His body rejected the liver of the donor'.
Inputed by Barbara--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
(v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
(v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
(v. t.) To be distasteful to.
(v. i.) To make opposition.
(n.) 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.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.
Edited by Greg
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Oppose, withstand, impugn, confront, assail, attack, strive against, make a stand against, not submit to.
Checked by Dora
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Withstand, oppose, hinder, check, thwart, rebuff, stem, combat
ANT:Encourage, promote, aid, advance, help, succor, acquiesce, submit, suffer,allow, tolerate, permit
Edited by Katy
Definition
v.t. to strive against: to oppose.—v.i. to make opposition.—n. a composition applied to a surface to enable it to resist chemical action: a material as a paste applied to a fabric to prevent the action of a dye or mordant from affecting the parts not to be coloured.—ns. Resis′tal (obs.); Resis′tance act of resisting: opposition: (mech.) the power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse of another: (electr.) that property of a conductor in virtue of which the passage of a current through it is accompanied with a dissipation of energy; Resis′tance-box a box containing one or more resistance-coils; Resis′tance-coil a coil of wire which offers a resistance to the passage of a current of electricity; Resis′tant one who or that which resists.—adjs. Resis′tant Resis′tent making resistance.—ns. Resis′ter; Resistibil′ity Resis′tibleness.—adj. Resis′tible.—advs. Resis′tibly; Resis′tingly.—adj. Resis′tive.—adv. Resis′tively.—n. Resistiv′ity.—adj. Resist′less irresistible: unresisting unable to resist.—adv. Resist′lessly.—ns. Resist′lessness; Resist′-style in calico printing the process of dyeing in a pattern by the use of a resist; Resist′-work calico printing in which the pattern is produced by means of resist which preserves parts uncoloured.
Checker: Mae
Examples
- Would the cliff resist this new battery? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was with an equal--one with whom I might argue--one whom, if I saw good, I might resist. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Harriet could not long resist so delightful a persuasion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I cannot resist your prayer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I could resist it no longer--I caught her in my arms, and covered her face with kisses. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I can't resist them when I see Sallie buying all she wants, and pitying me because I don't. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It may have been too that in this she did not quite succeed, for it is very difficult to resist confidence, and she knew she had Georgiana's. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The inference was too plain to be resisted. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To have resisted such attractions, to have withstood such tenderness! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Nature resisted it for a while. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The more the door resisted him, the more dangerous and imminent became that bloody conspiracy against his life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The new life, on the other hand, was before all things capable of resisting great changes of temperature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To walk involves a displacement and reaction of the resisting earth, whose thrill is felt wherever there is matter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Not at all, said Meyler; but, Stonyer being such a fool, there was no resisting the amusement of making him a cuckold. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Prince John had now no further excuse for resisting the claim of the Disinherited Knight, whom, therefore, he named the champion of the day. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The islands of Guernsey and Jersey, without any means of resisting the authority of parliament, are more lightly taxed than any part of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mr. George is so entirely overcome at first by this prospect that he resists the proposed honour with great earnestness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If she objects, tell her it is my particular wish; and if she resists, say I shall come and fetch her in case of contumacy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This high polish is important, for it resists rust and prevents leading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Shoot him if he resists, I heard some one say. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It resists moisture, and a roof painted with it need not be gone over again for four or five years. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Some call a prude, a woman who steadfastly resists being kissed by a man for whom she has no regard, at a time when her heart is devoted to another. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Megan