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.
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.
Resist \Re*sist"\, v. i. To make opposition. --Shak.
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.
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. [PJC]
But just because something is good for your neighbour does not mean he will not resist if you seek to force it on him.
The temptation to deposit their wealth outside Indonesia is therefore difficult to resist.
It therefore makes sense to resist it in a manner that preserves, and if possible promotes, the values sought to be vindicated.
Bargain hunters helped engineering and aerospace company TI resist the poor market trend.
For instance, a bacteria that resists the formation of ice has been sprayed on strawberries to help the plants resist frost.
The U.S. embassy in Kabul sent a cable to Washington last September advising the Soviets that Najib's 110,000 troops in the army, police and secret police might be strong enough to resist the guerrillas.
The Bundesbank is also in an excellent position to resist the imposition of Emu by a German government that has been seriously weakened by its past policy errors.
Earlier this year, the Avon board rejected a $39-a-share takeover offer from rival direct selling company Amway Corp. and indicated at the time that it would resist future acquisition attempts.
Mr. Dawkins urges them to resist.
But I can't resist Cool Ground, even though he's favourite. I'm thinking of betting 15 thou, maybe even 20. What's your considered? Street guy like you.' I studied Wayne closely.
The president finds it hard to resist his "read my lips" rhetoric on spending and taxes, drawing lines that don't necessarily permit consideration of a proposal's merits.
Even though the program is clearly something of which Mr. Pritchard can be proud, you can't resist asking whether there's some part of him that would like, if not the big bucks, the bigger audience of a network series, a hit movie.
Opposing them is a curious mix of revolutionary anti-Western hardliners, such as Prime Minister Hussein Musavi and Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashemi, and a group of conservative clerics who bitterly resist change.
Kids who resist the new scheduled play, however, may find themselves without playmates.
Advertising agencies and most professional firms call themselves after their partners - the more names the better. Hairdressers cannot resist jokes: Headmasters, Curl up and Dye, Crops and Bobbers and so on.
He told reporters that the temptation to run against Mr. Bush "was just too much to resist."
He was about to quit that job when then Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger made an offer he couldn't resist _ the job as secretary of the navy.
Edgerton doesn't resist comparisons to Keillor ("we're both tall," he joked), but he does object to the casual labeling of authors as "Southern writers." "Too often the analysis stops there, and all kind of assumptions go with it.
Very often when I'm writing scary stuff, I find I can't resist a little joke.
Police and Secret Service agents arrested Rode, who did not resist and was not carrying a weapon, police said.
But the president of the region's self-proclaimed Serb government called the vote a fraud and said he would resist the deployment.
He should resist the temptation to turn the tables on Mr Demirel by an appeal to Turkish nationalism, or to the military.
Ms. Rogers, who was alone in her home, did not resist arrest.
NCNB NCNB, Charlotte, N.C., had a much improved quarterly showing that analysts say will make it harder for C&S/Sovran Corp. to resist NCNB's acquisition attempts.
President Bush shone the White House spotlight today on a school program that teaches youngsters to resist drugs, and wound up hearing a tough lecture from a 13-year-old against the death penalty he favors.
In an attempt to resist possible hostile takeovers, Southam exchanged 20% of its stock for 30% of Torstar's two years ago.
Lucille Lortel is hosting another summer evening at the White Barn Theater, an institution she began 40 years ago and has vowed several times to close, but never does because she cannot resist an occasion such as this.
Every grower except Beales seems to have forgotten her, but who could resist a true C in red with a name as elegant as hers.
The Dukakis justices have also taken the lead in making communities powerless to prohibit child pornography or otherwise to resist the intrusion of obscene materials.
Palmer, a major moviegoer, can't resist telling Zimm his own idea for a film, a story drawn from his loan-sharking experiences.