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Webster 1913 Edition
Resister
Re-sist′er
(-?r)
, Noun.
One who resists.
Webster 1828 Edition
Resister
RESIST'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
resister
resister
See also: résister
English
Noun
resister (plural resisters)
- A person who resists going along with others in a common course of action.
- A person who fights against a government.
- (electronics) A device that bars the passage of an electric charge between two points.
Interlingua
Verb
resister
- to resist
Conjugation
Conjugation of “resister”
| Nominal forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | resister | ||
| Present | Perfect | ||
| Participles | resistente | resistite | |
| Personal forms | |||
| Simple | Perfect | ||
| Active voice | Present | resiste | ha resistite |
| Past | resisteva | habeva resistite | |
| Future | resistera | habera resistite | |
| Conditional | resisterea | haberea resistite | |
| Imperative | resiste | -- | |
| Passive voice | Present | es resistite | ha essite resistite |
| Past | esseva resistite | habeva essite resistite | |
| Future | essera resistite | habera essite resistite | |
| Conditional | esserea resistite | haberea essite resistite | |
| Imperative | sia resistite | -- | |
Middle French
Etymology
Late Old French (circa 1327). Borrowing from Latin resistere, present active infinitive of resistō.
Verb
resister
- to resist
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of resister
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | resister | avoir resisté | |||||
| gerund | en resistant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | resistant | ||||||
| past participle | resisté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | resiste | resistes | resiste | resistons | resistez | resistent |
| imperfect | resistois, resistoys | resistois, resistoys | resistoit, resistoyt | resistions, resistyons | resistiez, resistyez | resistoient, resistoyent | |
| past historic | resista | resistas | resista | resistasmes | resistastes | resisterent | |
| future | resisterai, resisteray | resisteras | resistera | resisterons | resisterez | resisteront | |
| conditional | resisterois, resisteroys | resisterois, resisteroys | resisteroit, resisteroyt | resisterions, resisteryons | resisteriez, resisteryez | resisteroient, resisteroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | resiste | resistes | resiste | resistons | resistez | resistent |
| imperfect | resistasse | resistasses | resistast | resistassions | resistassiez | resistassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | resiste | — | resistons | resistez | — | ||
References
- resister on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Late Old French (circa 1327). Borrowing from Latin resistere, present active infinitive of resistō.
Verb
resister
- to resist
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of resister (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | resister | avoir resisté | |||||
| gerund | en resistant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | resistant | ||||||
| past participle | resisté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | resist | resistes | resiste | resistons | resistez | resistent |
| imperfect | resistoie, resisteie, resistoe, resisteve | resistoies, resisteies, resistoes, resisteves | resistoit, resisteit, resistot, resisteve | resistiiens, resistiens | resistiiez, resistiez | resistoient, resisteient, resistoent, resistevent | |
| preterite | resistai | resistas | resista | resistames | resistastes | resisterent | |
| future | resisterai | resisteras | resistera | resisterons | resisteroiz, resistereiz, resisterez | resisteront | |
| conditional | resisteroie, resistereie | resisteroies, resistereies | resisteroit, resistereit | resisteriiens, resisteriens | resisteriiez, resisteriez | resisteroient, resistereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | resist | resiz | resist | resistons | resistez | resistent |
| imperfect | resistasse | resistasses | resistast | resistissons, resistissiens | resistissoiz, resistissez, resistissiez | resistassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | resiste | — | resistons | resistez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (resister, supplement)
- resister on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub