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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.
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That mortal dint,
Save He who reigns above, none can resist. --Milton.
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2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or
frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
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God resisteth the proud. --James iv. 6.
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Contrary to his high will
Whom we resist. --Milton.
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3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
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4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract;
check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
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Resist \Re*sist"\, v. i.
To make opposition. --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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