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re⋅sist
[ri-zist] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation. |
| 2. | to withstand the action or effect of: to resist spoilage. |
| 3. | to refrain or abstain from, esp. with difficulty or reluctance: They couldn't resist the chocolates. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to make a stand or make efforts in opposition; act in opposition; offer resistance. |
–noun
| 5. | a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid. |
| 6. | Textiles. a chemically inert substance used in resist printing. |
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| re·sist (rĭ-zĭst') v. re·sist·ed, re·sist·ing, re·sists v. tr.
To offer resistance. See Synonyms at oppose. n. A substance that can cover and protect a surface, as from corrosion. [Middle English resisten, from Old French resister, from Latin resistere : re-, re- + sistere, to place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] re·sist'er n. |
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Resist
Re*sist"\, n. (Technical) Something that resists or prevents a certain action; specif.: A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, to prevent the action on it of acid or other chemical agent.Resist
Re*sist"\ (r?-z?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting.] [F. r['e]sister, L. resistere, pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand.]1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. --Milton. 2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. --James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. --Milton. 3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction. 4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.Resist
Re*sist"\, v. i. To make opposition. --Shak.Resist
Re*sist"\, n. (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.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. --F. C. Calvert.
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Language Translation for : resist
Spanish:
resistir (a),
German:
widerstehen,
Japanese:
抵抗する
resist
c.1374, from O.Fr. resister, from L. resistere "to resist, to stand back, withstand," from re- "against" + sistere "take a stand, stand firm" (see assist). Resistance is attested from 1417, from O.Fr. resistence, from L.L. resistentia, from L. resistentem (nom. resistens), prp. of resistere. Sense of "organized covert opposition to an occupying power" first recorded 1940 in reference to Fr. opposition to Nazi rule. Since applied to similar organizations (e.g. anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan, 1980s). Electromagnetic sense is from 1860.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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