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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resistant  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  resistant 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  conferring  immunity  (to  disease  or  infection) 
  [syn:  {immune}] 
  2:  incapable  of  being  affected;  "resistant  to  persuasion" 
  3:  disposed  to  or  engaged  in  defiance  of  established  authority 
  [syn:  {insubordinate},  {resistive}] 
  4:  incapable  of  absorbing  or  mixing  with  "a  water-repellent 
  fabric";  "plastic  highly  resistant  to  steam  and  water" 
  [syn:  {repellent}] 




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