resistant English · revision 10609

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 15th century|origins=la resistens}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈzɪs.tənt/, /rəˈzɪs.tənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|resistēns]], present participle of resistere, to make a stand against (see [[resist]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) and in later use from French résistant.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Making resistance or opposition: the early 15th century as resistent in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) 1548 in Merriam-Webster, 1610 in the OED.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The noun, one who resists, is from 1600, later also a member of a resistance movement.^(OED 1989) Not overcome by a disease or drug is from 1897,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and compounds such as heat-resistant from 1902.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – resistent.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1548 – resistant.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1600 – a resister (noun).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1897 – resistant to disease or drugs.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Opposing or [[resist|alt=resisting]] something: ''resistant to change''.^(Collins 2023)^(LDOCE 2009)

+ # Not harmed or affected by something; unaffected by a drug or [[infection]]: ''heat-resistant''.^(Collins 2023)^(LDOCE 2009)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or thing that resists.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[resistantly]]

+ * [[fire-resistant]]

+ * [[water-resistant]]

+ * [[antiresistant]]

+ * [[nonresistant]]

+ * [[unresistant]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[resist]]

+ * [[resistance]]

+ * [[assist]]

+ * [[consist]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}