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resist

/ɹɪˈzɪst/ · 6 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. verb

    elude, especially in a baffling way

    This behavior defies explanation

  2. verb

    stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

  3. verb

    express opposition through action or words

    dissent to the laws of the country

  4. verb

    withstand the force of something

    The trees resisted her

  5. verb

    resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

    His body rejected the liver of the donor

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