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Definition of resist
intransitive verb
: to exert force in opposition
transitive verb
1 : to exert oneself so as to counteract or defeat he resisted temptation
2 : to withstand the force or effect of material that resists heat
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Examples of resist in a Sentence
He was charged with resisting arrest.
These windows can resist very high winds.
The drug will help your body resist infection.
She couldn't resist telling us what she'd heard.
He was able to resist the urge to tell her his secret.
It was hard resisting the temptation to open the box.
The offer was hard to resist.
I know I shouldn't have any more cake, but I can't resist.
Recent Examples of resist from the Web
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Illinois has entered its third consecutive fiscal year without a budget plan because Rauner has resisted inking a deal without business- and political-climate changes to boost commerce, restore political faith and relieve local property-tax owners.
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The ISP release states that Ellis' Indiana charge is fleeing or resisting law enforcement.
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The elder brother, who also was charged with resisting a police officer, is due back in court next week, while his younger sibling has a July 13 date, prosecutors said.
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President George Washington’s new administration faced a broiling frontier war in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions, where Indian nations had long been resisting American settlement.
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ASSAULT Gabriel Torres, 23, of the 500 block of Glendale Road, Glenview, was charged with aggravated assault and resisting, obstructing or disarming an officer stemming from an incident June 12 in the 9700 block of Gross Point Road.
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In the midst of all this, the pedigreed Falkeses try to resist the tarnish of the Wolinskis.
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And while protests were taking place at airports all across America, two women in the nation’s capital were resisting the travel ban in a different way: starting their own immigration and human rights law firm.
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The NASA balloons, which swell into a peculiar pumpkin shape more than 100 meters across in the upper atmosphere, are designed to stay at a constant altitude by resisting day-night temperature swings that inflate and deflate the balloon.
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Origin and Etymology of resist
Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French resister, from Latin resistere, from re- + sistere to take a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand
Synonym Discussion of resist
resist
Definition of resist
: something (such as a coating) that protects against a chemical, electrical, or physical action
Recent Examples of resist from the Web
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The pressure to take to the streets, to do something (RESIST! RESIST!
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Pysanky, the art of wax-resist egg decorating dates back to the pre-Christian era.
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Since Trump took office, Democrats have adopted a single theme: Resist!
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Rise and Resist’s first meeting, of about three hundred people, was in the West Village, at the , in Room 101, the regular gathering space for for many years.
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Days later, activists unfurled a 70-foot banner from a crane behind the White House, with just one word printed on it: RESIST.
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First Known Use of resist
1836
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RESIST Defined for English Language Learners
resist
playDefinition of resist for English Language Learners
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: to fight against (something) : to try to stop or prevent (something)
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: to remain strong against the force or effect of (something) : to not be affected or harmed by (something)
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: to prevent yourself from doing something that you want to do
RESIST Defined for Kids
resist
playDefinition of resist for Students
resisted
;resisting
1 : to fight against : oppose Students resisted the war.
2 : to avoid doing or having something I can't resist bragging. Who can resist chocolate?
3 : to withstand the force or effect of These plants resist disease.
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