Resist: v.tr.ind. (word coming from the Latin resistere, from sistere “to stop”).
The verb “resist” has many meanings:
I) Speaking of what is material or passive:
1. Things: Not giving in to (a force).
These walls withstood the earthquake.
Absolute: Quote from the French novelist Henri Bosco (1888-1976): “I grabbed a branch […] and I pulled. It resisted, bent, cracked, but held on”.
- Quote from the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1...
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