Resist (v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
Resist (v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
Resist (v. t.) To be distasteful to.
Resist (v. i.) To make opposition.
Resist (n.) 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.
Resistance (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
Resistance (n.) 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.
Resistance (n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
Resistance (n.) 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.
Resistant (a.) Making resistance; resisting.
Resistant (n.) One who, or that which, resists.
Resister (n.) One who resists.
Resistful (a.) Making much resistance.
Resistibility (n..) The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
Resistibility (n..) The quality of being resistant; resitstance.
Resistible (a.) Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force.
Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.
Resistive (a.) Serving to resist.
Resistless (a.) Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
Resistless (a.) Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
Resoluble (a.) Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire.
Resolute (v. t. & i.) Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.
Resolute (v. t. & i.) Convinced; satisfied; sure.
Resolute (v. t. & i.) Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand.
Resolute (n.) One who is resolute; hence, a desperado.
Resolute (n.) Redelivery; repayment.
Resolutely (adv.) In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance.
Resoluteness (n.) The quality of being resolute.
Resolution (n.) The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.
Resolution (n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation.
Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
Resolution (n.) That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.
Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
Resolution (n.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.
Resolution (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.
Resolution (n.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
Resolutioner (n.) One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century.
Resolutionist (n.) One who makes a resolution.
Resolutive (a.) Serving to dissolve or relax.
Resolutory (a.) Resolutive.
Resolvability (n.) The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.
Resolvable (a.) Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.
Resolvableness (n.) The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.
Resolved (imp. & p. p.) of Resolve
Resolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resolve
Resolve (v. i.) To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.
Resolve (v. i.) To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
Resolve (v. i.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
Resolve (v. i.) To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).
Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
Resolve (v. i.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of.
Resolve (v. i.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
Resolve (v. i.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
Resolve (v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.
Resolve (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
Resolve (v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
Resolve (v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
Resolve (n.) The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
Resolve (n.) That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.
Resolved (p. p. & a.) Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.
Resolvedly (adv.) So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly.
Resolvedly (adv.) Resolutely; decidedly; firmly.
Resolvedness (n.) Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution.
Resolvent (a.) Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Resolvent (n.) That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.
Resolvent (n.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
Resolvent (n.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.
Resolver (n.) That which decomposes, or dissolves.
Resolver (n.) That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined.
Resolver (n.) One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.
Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.
Resonancy (n.) Resonance.
Resonant (a.) Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
Resonantly (adv.) In a resonant manner.
Resonator (n.) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.
Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.
Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.
Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin.
Resorcylic (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.
Resorption (n.) The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
Resort (n.) Active power or movement; spring.
Resorted (imp. & p. p.) of Resort
Resorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resort
Resort (v. i.) To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
Resort (v. i.) To fall back; to revert.
Resort (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
Resort (v.) The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force.
Resort (v.) A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
Resort (v.) That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Resorter (n.) One who resorts; a frequenter.
Resoun (n.) Reason.
Resoun (v. i. & t.) To resound.
Re-sound (v. t. & i.) To sound again or anew.
Resounded (imp. & p. p.) of Resound
Resounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resound
Resound (v. i.) To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.