Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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resist | No | No | Yes | No |
resistant | No | Yes | No | No |
resist (adjective) | resistant (adjective) |
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disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | |
impervious to being affected | |
incapable of absorbing or mixing with | |
able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress | |
relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) |
resist (verb) | resistant (verb) |
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stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | |
withstand the force of something | |
refuse to comply | |
express opposition through action or words | |
elude, especially in a baffling way | |
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ |