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resistible

[ri-zis-tuh-buhl]

adjective

that can be resisted.

Origin:
1635–45; resist + -ible

Related forms

re·sist·i·bil·i·ty, re·sist·i·ble·ness, noun

re·sist·i·bly, adverb

in·ter·re·sist·i·bil·i·ty, noun

non·re·sist·i·bil·i·ty, noun

non·re·sist·i·ble, adjective

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un·re·sist·i·ble, adjective

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Resistible is always a great word to know.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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resist (rɪˈzɪst)

—vb
1.	to stand firm (against); not yield (to); fight (against)
2.	(tr) to withstand the deleterious action of; be proof against: to resist corrosion
3.	(tr) to oppose; refuse to accept or comply with: to resist arrest; to resist the introduction of new technology
4.	(tr) to refrain from, esp in spite of temptation (esp in the phrases cannotorcould not resist (something))

—n
5.	a substance used to protect something, esp a coating that prevents corrosion

[C14: from Latin resistere to stand still, oppose, from re- + sistere to stand firm]

re'sister

—n

re'sistible

—*adj*

resisti'bility

—n

re'sistibly

—*adv*

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