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Webster 1913 Edition
Resist
Re-sist′
(r?-z?st′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Resisted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Resisting
.] [F.
résister
, 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
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
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.
Re-sist′
,Verb.
I.
To make opposition.
Shak.
Re-sist′
,Noun.
1.
(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; – also called
reserve
. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. F. C. Calvert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Resist
RESIST
,Verb.
T.
1.
Literally, to stand against; to withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to oppose. a dam or mound resists a current of water passively, by standing unmoved and interrupting its progress. An army resists the progress of an enemy actively, by encountering and defeating it. We resist measures by argument or remonstrance.Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Rom. 9.
2.
To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat or frustrate.Ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. Act. 7.
3.
To baffle; to disappoint.God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. James 4.