Resinously
(Res"in*ous*ly), adv. By means, or in the manner, of resin.
Resinousness
(Res"in*ous*ness), n. The quality of being resinous.
Resiny
(Res"in*y) a. Like resin; resinous.
Resipiscence
(Res`i*pis"cence) n. [L. resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf. F.
résipiscence.] Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.] Bp. Montagu.
Resist
(Re*sist") 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.
That mortal dint,
Save He who reigns above, none can resist.
Milton. 2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
God resisteth the proud.
James iv. 6.
Contrary to his high will
Whom we resist.
Milton. 3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. — To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
Resist
(Re*sist"), v. i. To make opposition. Shak.
Resist
(Re*sist"), n. (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.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. F. C. Calvert.
Resistance
(Re*sist"ance) n. [F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, - entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces.
1. Macc. xi. 38. 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.
3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
Unfold to us some warlike resistance.
Shak.
