resistible

[ ri-zis-tuh-buhl ]

adjective
  1. that can be resisted.

Origin of resistible

1
First recorded in 1635–45; resist + -ible

Other words from resistible

  • 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
  • un·re·sist·i·ble, adjective

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How to use resistible in a sentence

  • For whatsoever prince shall possess it, shall be greatest; and if the king of Spain enjoy it, he will become unresistible.

    The Discovery of Guiana | Sir Walter Raleigh
  • He that is under an unresistible indisposition of body, sinneth not at all (unless as he voluntarily contracted that disease).