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resist

verb
/ɹɪˈzɪst/

Etymology

From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

  1. derived from resisto
  2. derived from resistre
  3. derived from resister
  4. inherited from resisten

Definitions

  1. To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

    • Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit.
    • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

  2. To withstand the actions of.

    • The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

  3. To oppose

    To oppose; to refuse to accept.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To be distasteful to.

      • These cates resist me,

    2. A protective coating or covering.

      • Keeping the ties loose ensures that the yarn can absorb the dye without creating a resist.

The neighborhood

Derived

irresistible, irresistibly, nonresisting, resistance, resistant, resistantly, resistful, resistible, resistibly, resistin, resisting arrest, resistingly, resistive, resistively, resistless, resistlessly, resistogram, resistojet, resistome, resistometer, resistor, resistosome, unresisted, unresisting

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at resist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01resist02accept03receive04offered05offer06contains07contain08constraints09constraint10irresistible

A definitional loop anchored at resist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at resist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA