From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A protective coating or covering.
Keeping the ties loose ensures that the yarn can absorb the dye without creating a resist. 2026, Katherine Augustine, “Dyeing in the Baking Aisle”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 35:
From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).
Meanings
(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
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. 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
(transitive) To withstand the actions of.
At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […] 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
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. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
(obsolete, transitive) To be distasteful to.
These cates resist me, c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
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actions or effects of) · sl zoperstavljati se (to withstand actions or effects of) · be супраціўля́цца (to withstand actions or effects of) · mi ātete (to withstand actions or effects of) · az qarşı olmaq (to oppose) · oc resistir (to withstand actions or effects of) · ca resistir (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · nl weerstaan (to withstand actions or effects of) · gd cum ri (to withstand actions or effects of) · de widerstreben (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · tr direnmek (to withstand actions or effects of) · el αντιστέκομαι (to oppose) · ru оказа́ть сопротивле́ние (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · cmn 反對 /反对 (to oppose) · ru ока́зывать сопротивле́ние (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · pt resistir (to withstand actions or effects of) · hu ellenáll (to oppose) · pt abster (to oppose) · hu ellenkezik (to oppose) · osx witharstandan (to withstand actions or effects of) · hu szembeszegül (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) 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effects of) · mi whakawhena (to withstand actions or effects of) · fr rejeter (to oppose) · sv motstå (to withstand actions or effects of) · fr résister (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · hy դիմադրել (to withstand actions or effects of) · sv göra motstånd (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · it resistere (to oppose) · sk odolať (to withstand actions or effects of) · th ต่อต้าน (to oppose) · el ανθίσταμαι (to withstand actions or effects of) · az qarşı durmaq (to oppose) · be процістая́ць (to withstand actions or effects of) · fr s'opposer (to oppose) · he עמד ב־ (to withstand actions or effects of) · hu ellenáll (to withstand actions or effects of) · la renītor (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · de widerstehen (to withstand actions or effects of) · cmn 反抗 (to withstand actions or effects of) · mk издржи (to withstand actions or effects of) · ru сопротивля́ться (to withstand actions or effects of) · ru при́торный (to be distasteful to) · grc ἀνθίστημι (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · mi ātete (to oppose) · sk odolávať (to withstand actions or effects of) · uk протистоя́ти (to withstand actions or effects of) · de widerstreiten (to oppose) · nl zich verzetten (to withstand actions or effects of) · ja 反抗する (to withstand actions or effects of) · pt resistir (to oppose) · sv stå emot (to withstand actions or effects of) · es resistir (to attempt to counter actions or effects of) · th ต้านทาน (to withstand actions or effects of) · es resistir (to withstand actions or effects of) · fi vastustaa (to oppose) · uk опира́тися (to withstand actions or effects of) · be праці́віцца (to withstand actions or effects of)