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v. To strive to fend off or offset the actions, effects, or force of.

v. To remain firm against the actions, effects, or force of; withstand: a bacterium that resisted the antibiotic.

v. To keep from giving in to or enjoying.

verb-intransitive. To offer resistance. See Synonyms at oppose.

n. A substance that can cover and protect a surface, as from corrosion.

v. To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

v. To withstand the actions of.

v. To oppose.

v. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

v. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.

v. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

v. To be distasteful to.

verb-intransitive. To make opposition.

n. 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.

n. Something that resists or prevents a certain action

To withstand; oppose passively or actively; antagonize; act against; exert physical or moral force in opposition to.

To be disagreeable or distasteful to; offend.

Synonyms Withstand, etc. See oppose.

To make opposition; act in opposition.

n. Any composition applied to a surface to protect it from chemical action, as to enable it to resist the corrosion of acids, etc.

n. Specifically, in calico-printing, a sort of paste applied to a fabric to prevent color or mordant from fixing on those parts not intended to be colored, either by acting mechanically 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 resist-paste, resistant, and reserve.

n. A stopping-out; also, the material used for stopping out.

v. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

v. express opposition through action or words

v. refuse to comply

v. elude, especially in a baffling way

v. withstand the force of something

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

"What we resist is concluding that devices like the Kindle may the solution."

resisted    resisting    resistively    resists   

respond    react    disobey    fight    defend    fight down    oppose    fight back   

oppose    resist style   

reserve   

withstand    disappoint    check    counteract    thwart    hinder    oppose    baffle    obstruct    recalcitrate   

Liszt    assist    cist    coexist    consist    cyst    delist    desist    dismissed    enlist   

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