v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That mortal dint,
Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. [ 1913 Webster ]

God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Contrary to his high will
Whom we resist. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be distasteful to. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. i. To make opposition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, -entis, p. pr. See Resist. ] 1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. [ 1913 Webster ]

When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. 1. Macc. xi. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unfold to us some warlike resistance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Elec.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance. --
Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance. --
Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F. résistant: cf. L. resistens. See Resist. ] Making resistance; resisting. -- n. One who, or that which, resists. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who resists. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making much resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.. 1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The name “body” being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. résistible. ] Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale. -- Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]