re·sist

(rĭ-zĭst′)

v. re·sist·ed, re·sist·ing, re·sists

v.tr.

a. To take action in opposition to; try to eliminate, reduce, or stop: resisted the effort to close the school. See Synonyms at oppose.

b. To take action to defeat or thwart (an invading or occupying military force).

a. To remain unaltered, undamaged, or unaffected by; withstand: a crank that resists torque; a material that resists solar degradation.

b. To provide resistance to (an electrical current).

3. To keep from giving in to, engaging in, or enjoying: resisted pressure to conform; resisted investing in real estate.

v.intr.

To offer resistance.

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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resisting

adjective

Tending to resist, as an influence or idea:

renitent, resistant, resistive.

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I was hauled, resisting weakly enough, to the gangway.

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And have not the same reasons prevented the State from resisting the Union which have prevented them from resisting the State?

And, above all, there is this difference between resisting this and a purely brute or natural force, that I can resist this with some effect; but I cannot expect, like Orpheus, to change the nature of the rocks and trees and beasts.

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"Are these lenses capable of resisting such pressure?"

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And have not the same reasons prevented the State from resisting the Union, which have prevented them from resisting the State?

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He took me at my word immediately, and after that there was no resisting him; neither indeed had I any mind to resist him any more, let what would come of it.

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