resist

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   withstand the force of something

   The trees resisted her

2. 2
   verb

   To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

   Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit.

3. 3
   verb

   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 […]

4. 4
   verb

   To be distasteful to.

   These cates resist me,

5. 5
   verb

   stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

6. 6
   verb

   express opposition through action or words

7. 7
   verb

   refuse to comply

8. 8
   verb

   elude, especially in a baffling way

Etymology

From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).