Associations to the word «Resist»
Noun
- Confrontation
- Counterattack
- Sovereignty
- Wei
- Magnetism
- Retreated
- Exposure
- Reinforcement
- Bacterium
- Load
- Dane
- Electron
- Manhood
- Arson
- Stability
- Junta
- Recoil
- Boer
- Iberia
- Weakness
- Slavery
- Troop
- Attacker
- Restraint
- Aristocracy
- Compromise
- Gratification
- Partisan
- Abolitionist
- Enactment
- Drag
- Aquitaine
- Armenian
- Retort
- Segregation
- Allegiance
- Tribe
- Adherence
- Rebel
- Concession
- Coup
- Aborigine
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
RESIST, verb. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
RESIST, verb. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
RESIST, verb. (intransitive) To oppose.
RESIST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To be distasteful to.
RESIST, noun. A protective coating or covering.
Dictionary definition
RESIST, verb. Elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation".
RESIST, verb. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
RESIST, verb. Express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country".
RESIST, verb. 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".
RESIST, verb. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor".
RESIST, verb. Refuse to comply.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.