Syn. -- To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check;
thwart; baffle; disappoint.
Re*sist", v. i. To make opposition. Shak.
Re*sist", 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 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. F. C. Calvert.
Re*sist"ance (-ans), n. [F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens,
- entis, p. pr. See Resist.] 1. The act of resisting; opposition,
passive or active.
When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against
him, he sent away all his forces.