to make opposition.
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1. rezist'. [Latin resisto; re and sisto, to stand.]
2. Literally, to stand against; to withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to oppose. a dam or mound resists a current of water passively, by standing unmoved and interrupting its progress. An army resists the progress of an enemy actively, by encountering and defeating it. We resist measures by argument or remonstrance.
3. Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Romans 9:19 .
5. Ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. Acts 7:51 .
6. To baffle; to disappoint.
7. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. James 4:7 .
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.
To make opposition.
2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to.
1. The act of resisting; opposition. resistance is passive, as that of a fixed body which interrupts the passage of a moving body; or active, as in the exertion of force to stop, repel or defeat progress or designs.
2. The quality of not yielding to force or external impression; 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 a ball which receives the force of another; the resistance of wood to a cutting instrument; the resistance of air to the motion of a cannon ball, or of water to the motion of a ship.
1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
2. 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.
4. A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.
he or that which resists.
Making resistance; resisting.
One who, or that which, resists.
Opposed; counteracted; withstood.
One that opposes or withstands.
One who resists.
Making much resistance.
1. The quality of resisting.
2. The name body, being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject -
3. Quality of being resistible; as the resistibility of grace.
1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance.
That may be resisted; as a resistible force; resistible grace.
Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force.
1. withstanding; opposing.
2. Resisting medium, a substance which opposes the passage of a body through it.
Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.
Having the power to resist.
Serving to resist.
2. Resistless in her love as in her hate.
3. That cannot resist; helpless.
1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
So as not to be opposed or denied.
Resistance Roget’s Thesaurus §719
N. resistance, stand, front, oppugnation, oppugnancy, opposition, renitence, renitency, reluctation, recalcitration, kicking, repulse, rebuff, insurrection, strike, turn out, lock out, barring out, levee en masse, jacquerie, riot
V. resist, not submit, repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand, stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against, stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out, hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm, breast the wave, breast the current, stem the tide, stem the torrent, face, confront, grapple with, show a bold front, present a front, make a stand, take one's stand, kick, kick against, recalcitrate, kick against the pricks, oppose, fly in the face of, lift the hand against, rise up in arms, strike, turn out, draw up a round robin, revolt, make a riot, prendre le mors aux dents, sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay, repel, repulse
Adj. resisting, resistive, resistant, refractory, recalcitrant, renitent, up in arms, repulsive, repellant, proof against, unconquerable, stubborn, unconquered, indomitable, unyielding
Int. hands off, keep off
Refusal Roget’s Thesaurus §764
N. refusal, rejection, noncompliance, incompliance, denial, declining, declension, declinature, peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal, repulse, rebuff, discountenance, recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer, dissent, revocation
V. refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down, nill, negative, refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent, shake the head, close the hand, close the purse, grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire, pass, be deaf to, dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon, set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one, not yield an inch, resist, cross, not grant, repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face, rebuff, send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear, deny oneself, not be at home to, discard, spurn, &c. (repudiate) 610, rescind, disclaim, protest, dissent
Adj. refusing, restive, restiff|, recusant, uncomplying, unconsenting, not willing to hear of, deaf to, refused, ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible
Adv. no, on no account, not for the world, no thank you, thanks but no thanks
Phr. non possumus, your humble servant, bien oblige, not on your life, no way, not even if you beg on your knees
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24 KJV and 19 BSB verses contain “resist” — showing the first 20. Show all 34 verses (searchable)
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”