Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resist \Re*sist"\, v. i.
To make opposition. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resist
v 1: elude, esp. in a baffling way; "This behavior defies
explanation" [syn: {defy}, {refuse}] [ant: {lend oneself}]
2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn:
{hold out}, {withstand}, {stand firm}] [ant: {surrender}]
3: fight back, also metaphorically: "His body protested against
the harsh training" [syn: {protest}, {dissent}]
4: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her";
"stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to
fend against the ice and snow" [syn: {stand}, {fend}]
5: refuse to comply [syn: {balk}, {baulk}, {jib}]
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