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Resistant

Resistant Meaning & Definition
Resistant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Resistant?

[adj] incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
[adj] disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
[adj] incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion"
[adj] relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Resistant: defiant | immune | imperviable | impervious | insubordinate | insusceptible | nonabsorbent | nonabsorptive | noncompliant | repellent | resistive | unsusceptible

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Resistant In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*sist"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. r['e]sistant: cf. L. resistens. See {Resist}.] Making resistance; resisting. -- n. One who, or that which, resists. --Bp. Pearson.

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