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RESIST, rezist'. L. 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 resists a current of water passively, by standing unmoved and interrupting its progress. An army resists the progress of an enemy actively, by encountering and defeating it. We resist measures by argument or remonstrance.

Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Romans 9 .

2. To strive against to endeavor to counteract, defeat or frustrate.

Ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. Acts 7 .

3. To baffle to disappoint.

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. James 4 .

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Entry for 'Resist'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​r/resist.html.
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