resisten
Middle English
/rɛˈzistən/
verb
Definitions
- To resist; to work against or counteract.
- (rare) To block or halt.
- (rare) To stop oneself in engaging in something;.
Etymology
Borrowed from resister derived from Latin resistō.
Origin
Latin
resistō
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- photoresist English
- resist English
- resistance English
- resister English
- resistest English
- resisteth English
- resistful English
- resistible English
- resistin English
- resistive English
- resistless English
- resistogram English
- resistojet English
- resistome English
- wax-resist English
- resistō Latin
- レジスト Japanese
- resistence Middle English
- resistyng Middle English
- resistence Old French
- resistre Old French
- resister Middle French
- resister xno