Webster's Dictionary 1828

1999

RESIST

RESIST, verb transitive rezist'. [Latin resisto; re and sisto, to stand.]1. Literally, to stand against; to withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to oppose. a dam or mound ...

2000

RESISTANCE

RESIST'ANCE, noun1. The act of resisting; opposition. resistance is passive, as that of a fixed body which interrupts the passage of a moving body; or active, as in the exertion...

2001

RESISTANT

RESIST'ANT, noun he or that which resists.

2002

RESISTED

RESIST'ED, participle passive Opposed; counteracted; withstood.

2003

RESISTER

RESIST'ER, noun One that opposes or withstands.

2004

RESISTIBILITY

RESISTIBIL'ITY, noun1. The quality of resisting.The name body, being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject -2. Quality of being resistible...

2005

RESISTIBLE

RESIST'IBLE, adjective That may be resisted; as a resistible force; resistible grace.

2006

RESISTING

RESIST'ING, participle present tense withstanding; opposing.Resisting medium, a substance which opposes the passage of a body through it.

2007

RESISTIVE

RESIST'IVE, adjective Having the power to resist.

2008

RESISTLESS

RESIST'LESS, adjective1. That cannot be effectually opposed or withstood; irresistible.Resistless in her love as in her hate.2. That cannot resist; helpless.

2009

RESISTLESSLY

RESIST'LESSLY, adverb So as not to be opposed or denied.

2010

RESOLD

RESOLD, participle passive of resell. Sold a second time, or sold after being bought.

2011

RESOLUBLE

RES'OLUBLE, adjective s as z. [re and Latin solubilis. See Resolve.]That may be melted or dissolved; as bodies resoluble by fire.

2012

RESOLUTE

RES'OLUTE, adjective [The Latin resolutus has a different signification. See Resolve.]Having a fixed purpose; determined; hence, bold; firm; steady; constant in pursuing a purpo...

2013

RESOLUTELY

RES'OLUTELY, adverb1. With fixed purpose; firmly; steadily; with steady perseverance. Persist resolutely in a course of virtue.2. Boldly; firmly.Some of these facts he examines,...

2014

RESOLUTENESS

RES'OLUTENESS, noun Fixed purpose; firm determination; unshaken firmness.

2015

RESOLUTION

RESOLU'TION, noun [Latin resolutio. See Resolve.]1. The act, operation or process of separating the parts which compose a complex idea or a mixed body; the act of reducing any c...

2016

RESOLUTIONER

RESOLU'TIONER, noun One who joins in the declaration of others. [Not in use.]

2017

RESOLUTIVE

RES'OLUTIVE, adjective Having the power to dissolve or relax. [Not much used.]

2018

RESOLVABLE

RESOLV'ABLE, adjective That may be resolved or reduced to first principles.

2019

RESOLVE

RESOLVE, verb transitive rezolv'. [Latin resolvo; re and solvo, to loose.]1. To separate the component parts of a compound substance; to reduce to first principles; as, to resol...

2020

RESOLVED

RESOLV'ED, participle passive1. Separated into its component parts; analyzed.2. Determined in purpose; as, I am resolved not to keep company with gamesters. This phrase is prope...

2021

RESOLVEDLY

RESOLV'EDLY, adverb With firmness of purpose.

2022

RESOLVEDNESS

RESOLV'EDNESS, noun Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution.

2023

RESOLVENT

RESOLV'ENT, noun That which has the power of causing solution. In medicine, that which has power to disperse inflammation and prevent the suppuration of tumors; a discutient.

2024

RESOLVER

RESOLV'ER, noun One that resolves or forms a firm purpose.

2025

RESOLVING

RESOLV'ING, participle present tense Separating into component parts; analyzing; removing perplexities or obscurity; discussing, as tumors; determining.RESOLV'ING, noun The act ...