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Definition of Resisted
1. resist [v] - See also: resist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resisted
Literary usage of Resisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"But this Turn-away resisted him, and having done much despite unto him, he got
away over the wall, and sO escaped his hand. Then they went on ; and just at ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... with a smile when the animal was one minute tendered to his use again ; and
the next with the greatest cordiality, and in a manner not to be resisted, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Thomas M'Cleland, Edward Younge, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"It was resisted, on the ... but until satisfaction of a lien set up on one side,
and resisted on the other, and which proved to have been unfounded in fact: ..."
4. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"In Gloucester, RI, rioters resisted, seizing distrained cattle, and releasing
prisoners held for taxes. A meeting was held in Killingly, Ct., ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It successfully resisted Attila and was taken by Clovis from the Romans. Later it
formed part of the kingdom of Burgundy, was taken by the English in 1359, ..."
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