English dictionary
resist
/r/I/'z/I/st/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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 <i>resist pastes</i>.
Source: webster1913
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Something that resists or prevents a certain action;
Source: webster1913
verb
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elude, especially in a baffling way
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stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
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express opposition through action or words
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withstand the force of something
ExamplesThe trees resisted her.
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resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
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refuse to comply
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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
Source: webster1913
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To make opposition.
Source: webster1913