\Re*sist"\, n. (Technical)
Something that resists or prevents a certain action; specif.:
A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, to prevent the
action on it of acid or other chemical agent.

\Re*sist"\ (r?-z?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resisted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Resisting}.] [F. r['e]sister, L. resistere,
pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v.
causative of stare to stand. See {Stand}.]
1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
         That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can
         resist.                               --Milton.
2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or
   frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
         God resisteth the proud.              --James iv. 6.
         Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. --Milton.
3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract;
     check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

\Re*sist"\, v. i.
To make opposition. --Shak.

\Re*sist"\, n. (Calico Printing)
A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on
those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting
machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the
cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it
incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes
prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. --F. C.
Calvert.