Definition of resist

"resist" in the verb sense

1. defy, resist, refuse

elude, especially in a baffling way

"This behavior defies explanation"

2. resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

3. protest, resist, dissent

express opposition through action or words

"dissent to the laws of the country"

4. resist, stand, fend

withstand the force of something

"The trees resisted her"

"stand the test of time"

"The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

5. resist, reject, refuse

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

"His body rejected the liver of the donor"

6. resist, balk, baulk, jib

refuse to comply

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Quotations for resist

Resist not evil. [ Jesus ]

Death comes to all.
His cold and sapless hand
Waves over the world, and beckons us away.
Who shall resist the summons? [ Thomas Love Peacock ]

What woman can resist the force of praise? [ Gay ]

I can resist everything except temptation. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [ St. James ]

What fates impose, that men must needs abide;
It boots not to resist both wind and tide. [ William Shakespeare ]

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

To resist violence is implanted in the nature of man. [ Tacitus ]

Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways. [ Lessing ]

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. [ Tacitus ]

Youth and Will may resist excess, but Nature takes revenge in silence. [ A. de Musset ]

In love, the only way to resist temptation is to sometimes succumb to it. [ Mme. de Choiseul ]

Alas! how can we always resist? The devil tempts us, and the flesh is weak. [ Voltaire ]

If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

What fate imposes, men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind find tide. [ Shakespeare ]

Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [ Ovid ]

To remain virtuous, a man has only to combat his own desires: a woman must resist her own inclinations, and the continual attack of man. [ Latena ]

Nature has given to women fortitude enough to resist a certain time, but not enough to resist completely the inclination which they cherish. [ Dorat ]

The divine right of beauty is the only divine right a man can acknowledge, and a pretty woman the only tyrant he is not authorized to resist. [ Junius ]

It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well. [ Sydney Dobell ]

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. [ Lytton ]

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. Like imprisoned steam, the more it is pressed the more it rises to resist the pressure. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish. [ T. Edwards ]

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

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Words within the letters of resist

2 letter words in resist (3 words)

3 letter words in resist (7 words)

4 letter words in resist (13 words)

6 letter words in resist (Anagrams) (3 words)

Word Growth involving resist

Shorter words in resist

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Longer words containing resist

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