Defn: One who, or that which, resists. Bp. Pearson.
RESISTER
Re*sist"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who resists.
RESISTFUL
Re*sist"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Making much resistance.
RESISTIBILITY
Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n..
1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke.
RESISTIBLE
Re*sist"i*ble (r-zst"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. résistible.]
Defn: Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale.
— Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n.
— Re*sist"i*bly, adv.