To resist something is to keep it at bay or to fend off its influence or advance. You might not be able to resist the temptation to sneak out to the dance in spite of your parents' objections.
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
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"
Verb
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
Verb
express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
Verb
refuse to comply
Verb
elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
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resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
v. t.
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
v. t.
To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or
frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
v. t.
To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
v. t.
To be distasteful to.
v. i.
To make opposition.
n.
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.
Resist
That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist.2.
God resisteth the proud.
Contrary to his high will Whom we resist.3.
Resist
Resist
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
To make opposition.
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.
Usage Examples
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.
One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science.
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.
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