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.
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Textiles. a chemically inert substance used in resist printing.
Origin: 1325–75; Middle English resisten (v.) < Latin resistere to remain standing, equivalent to re-re- + sistere to cause to stand, akin to stāre to stand
late 14c., from O.Fr. resister, from L. resistere "to resist, to stand back, withstand," from re- "against" + sistere "take a stand, stand firm" (see assist).