The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and
resistibility together in the same subject.
Locke.
Re*sist"i*ble (r?-z?st"?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. résistible.] Capable of being
resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale. -- Re*sist"i*ble*ness,
n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv.
Re*sist"ing, a. Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. --
Re*sist"ing ly, adv.
Re*sist"ive (-?v), a. Serving to resist. B. Jonsosn.
Re*sist"less, a. 1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
[Obs. or R.] Spenser.