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Antirenter :: Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.

Inevitable :: Inevitable (a.) Irresistible.

Countertime :: Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse..

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active..

Overtempt :: Overtempt (v. t.) To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance..

Passively :: Passively (adv.) In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

Tasimer :: Tasimer (n.) An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature..

Attract :: Attract (v. t.) To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc..

Stand :: Stand (v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand..

Reluctate :: Reluctate (v. i.) To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

Repugn :: Repugn (v. t.) To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

Insurgent :: Insurgent (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.

Charm :: Charm (n.) To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.

Reluct :: Reluct (v. i.) To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Fascinate :: Fascinate (v. t.) To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault..

Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists.

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