Resist

(re-zĭst'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. RESISTED; p. pr. & vb. n. RESISTING.] [Fr. résister, Pr., Sp., & Pg. resistir, It. & Lat. resistere, from Lat. re, again, and sistere, to stand.] 1. To stand against; to withstand.

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. 3. To counteract as a force by inertia or reaction. Syn. — To withstand; oppose; hinder; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

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 mechanically in preventing the color, &c., 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.