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Meaning of resist

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  resist
      v 1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies
           explanation" [syn: {defy}, {resist}, {refuse}] [ant:
           {apply}, {lend oneself}]
      2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn:
         {resist}, {hold out}, {withstand}, {stand firm}] [ant: {give
         up}, {surrender}]
      3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the
         laws of the country" [syn: {protest}, {resist}, {dissent}]
      4: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her";
         "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend
         against the ice and snow" [syn: {resist}, {stand}, {fend}]
      5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign
         tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
         [syn: {resist}, {reject}, {refuse}]
      6: refuse to comply [syn: {resist}, {balk}, {baulk}, {jib}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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