| Resist (resist) |
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| v. t. | (r?-z?st") |
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| Re*sist" |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Resisted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Resisting.] [F. ré]sister, L. resistere,
pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v.
causative of star |
To stand against; to withstand; to
obstruct.
To strive against; to endeavor to
counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to
oppose.
To counteract, as a force, by inertia or
reaction.
To be distasteful to.
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| Resist (resist) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Re*sist" |
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| Resist (resist) |
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| n. | |
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| Re*sist" |
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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.
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| Resist (resist) |
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| n. | |
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| Re*sist" |
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Something that resists or prevents a certain action;
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