Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resistant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resistant \Re*sist"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. r['e]sistant: cf. L.
resistens. See {Resist}.]
Making resistance; resisting. -- n. One who, or that which,
resists. --Bp. Pearson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resistant
adj 1: relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
[syn: {immune}]
2: incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion"
3: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
[syn: {insubordinate}, {resistive}]
4: incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent
fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
[syn: {repellent}]
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