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anti | resist |

As a proper noun anti

is .

As a verb resist is

to attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

As a noun resist is

a protective coating or covering oxford english dictionary , 2nd ed, 1989.

anti

English

(wikipedia anti)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

    • Coordinate terms

    * (chemistry) syn

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person opposed to a concept or principle.

    • Antonyms

    * pro

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (rare) A word used before a noun or noun phrase to indicate opposition to the concept expressed by the noun or noun phrase. (rfex)

    • See also

    * anti-

    Anagrams

    * ----

    resist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
  • To withstand the actions of.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!
  • To oppose.
  • (obsolete) To be distasteful to.
  • * 1608 , , II. iii. 29:
    • These cates resist me,

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Derived terms

    * resistance

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * obey * submit

    Derived terms

    * irresistible * irresistibly * resistance * resistant * resistantly * resistible * resistibly * resistive * resistively * resistless * resistlessly * resistor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A protective coating or covering. Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    • Anagrams

    *

    References