resist
    v 1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies
         explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant:
         apply, lend oneself]
    2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn:
       resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm] [ant: give
       up, surrender]
    3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the
       laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent]
    4: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her";
       "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend
       against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, stand, fend]
    5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign
       tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
       [syn: resist, reject, refuse]
    6: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]

Resist \Re*sist"\ (r?-z?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Resisting.] [F. r['e]sister, 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.
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            That mortal dint,
            Save He who reigns above, none can resist. --Milton.
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   2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or
      frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
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            God resisteth the proud.              --James iv. 6.
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            Contrary to his high will
            Whom we resist.                       --Milton.
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   3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
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   4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract;
        check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
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Resist \Re*sist"\, v. i.
   To make opposition. --Shak.
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Resist \Re*sist"\, n.
   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.
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   2. (Technology) Something that resists or prevents a certain
      action; specif.: A substance applied to a surface, as of
      metal, or of a silicon wafer, to prevent the action on it
      of acid, other chemical agents, or any other process such
      as irradiation or deposition, which would modify the
      surface if not protected. The resist is usually applied or
      in some way formed into a pattern so that the underlying
      surface may be modified in a complementary pattern.
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