resisting
present participle of resist
resisting (plural resistings)
resistance
• sistering
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sist"ing, a.
Definition: Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.
– Re*sist"ing ly, adv.
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
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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