resisted
simple past tense and past participle of resist
• desirest, desister, diesters, editress, reedists, sistered
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sist" (r-zstt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting.] Etym: [F. résister, 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. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton.
2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. Milton.
3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.
– To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
Re*sist", v. i.
Definition: To make opposition. Shak.
Re*sist", n. (Calico Printing)
Definition: 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.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. F. C. Calvert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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