resisten
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman resister, resistre, from Latin resistō.
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Verb edit
resisten (third-person singular simple present resisteth, present participle resistende, resistynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle resisted)
- To resist; to work against or counteract.
- (rare) To block or halt.
- (rare) To stop oneself in engaging in something;.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of resisten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “resisten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.
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resisten