resistant

[ ri-zis-tuh nt ]

/ rɪˈzɪs tənt /

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adjective

resisting.

noun

a person or thing that resists.

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Origin of resistant

1590–1600; < Middle French resistant, present participle of resister to resist; see -ant

Related formsre·sist·ant·ly, adverban·ti·re·sis·tant, adjective, nounan·ti·re·sis·tant·ly, adverbun·re·sist·ant, adjective

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And what could her campaign achieve among the Americans most resistant to expanded end-of-life options?
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Breeding a resistant strain can take five generations of plants, and 15 years.
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Unfortunately, the upper echelons of the Republican Party are resistant to change, but that is what needs to happen.
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She's wonderful but she gets up entirely too early every morning and is way too resistant to going to bed at night.
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After all, caste is the most resistant feature of our politics, so why not just make it the basis for states formation?
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They are the most resistant to the hazel blight of anything that I have worked with so far in 25 years.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943|Various
The earth is to him no inert, resistant clod; she brings forth of herself.
The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler
He was a big man with a terrible amount of resistant force, and it took a great deal of alcohol even to move him.
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On the other hand the iron formation, or mother rock of the ore, is hard and resistant and outcrops are numerous.
The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith
She pressed her hands tightly against her forehead as if to compel the resistant brain-power.
The Royal Pawn of Venice|Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

British Dictionary definitions for resistant

resistant

/ (rɪˈzɪstənt) /

adjective

characterized by or showing resistance; resisting

impervious to the action of corrosive substances, heat, etca highly resistant surface
(in combination)a heat-resistant surface

noun

a person or thing that resists

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Word Origin and History for resistant

resistant

adj.

c.1600, from French résistant, present participle of résister (see resist). In reference to diseases or drugs from 1897.

resistant

adjective

noun

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