resist

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb elude, especially in a baffling way
  2. verb stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
  3. verb express opposition through action or words

Etymology

From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

defy, refuse

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