Definition of resist

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Resist (v. i.) To make opposition.

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Resisting :: Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium..
Casehardened :: Casehardened (a.) Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons..
Passiveness :: Passiveness (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.
Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..
Square :: Square (n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron..
Unsisting :: Unsisting (a.) Unresisting.
Slave :: Slave (n.) One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition..
Bewitch :: Bewitch (v. t.) To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
Controlment :: Controlment (n.) Opposition; resistance; hostility.
Irresistibility :: Irresistibility (n.) The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness..
Outstand :: Outstand (v. t.) To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding.
Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury..
Opposable :: Opposable (a.) Capable of being opposed or resisted.
Sedition :: Sedition (n.) The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority..
Alexiterical :: Alexiterical (a.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
Antitypous :: Antitypous (a.) Resisting blows; hard.
Reluctation :: Reluctation (n.) Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.
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