Resist definition

Resist means the use or threatened use of violence, physical force, or any other means that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to any person.
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Resist means to keep both the missiles from getting through the screen, and absorbing enough energy so that the glass behind the screen stays in its frame and intact even if it is fractured.
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Resist means: “to take a stand against,” and to be ”firm" is to make that stand solid (the Greek is stereos, from which comes the English stereo, meaning “solid,” or balanced at both ends). That is done by being solidly fixed on the faith (te pistei), which is biblical revelation. It is the whole body of revealed truth contained in Scripture.
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Examples of Resist in a sentence

  • Resist the rules of order or disobey the decision of the Chair on the questions or order or practices or upon the interpretation of the By-laws.

  • Summary • Resist the temptation Editing existing files is quick and easy, but doing so heavily risks the maintainability, security, and stability of your site.• When receiving advice, consider if the person telling you to modify core will be around to rescue you if you run into trouble later!• Apply these principle to software in general.

  • Typical reasons for reviewing are to see what is happening (perception checks), to help a worker become more efficient and accurate (training and corrective action), and to document a problem or success.2. Resist the temptation to write up as a review every "wrong" case that is found in the course of business.

  • Resist these thoughts! Also, in a different context, many Americans are unsure of the cultural cues involved or are unsure of how (or whether it is appropriate) to talk about sex.

  • ASTM D 3273–86—(Reapproved 1991) Standard Test Method for Resist- ance to Growth of Mold on the Surface of Interior Coatings in an Environ- mental Chamber.

  • Resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited under the Magnuson-Ste- vens Act or any other statute adminis- tered by NOAA.

  • Plastic Components: Resist QUV exposure with UV-B 313 bulbs, 4 hour CON at 50° C/4 hour UV at 40° C, in accordance with ASTM G 154 for 2,000 hours without embrittlement, cracking, or fading, and shall have a verifiable 5-year successful field track record.

  • Resist materials as follows and "substrates" coated with the following resists:a.

  • Resist tagging others unless you have their explicit permission to do so.

  • Standard Test Method for Electrical Indication of Concrete’s Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration.


More Definitions of Resist

Resist means to stand up against the devil and his “wiles”—that is, his schemes and strategies. Let us live so that when the devil comes calling he will find us on guard, standing up for the truth!
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Resist means “to actively fight against.” B.) Resistance is active.C.) The godly use of anger is to be mad at the devil, mad at sickness, mad at disease and mad at poverty. D.) When you get angry and resist the devil, he’s just like a bully. E.) The moment he knows it’s going to cost him something—that you’re going to stand there toe to toe in the name of Jesus and go at it with him—Satan will flee from you.
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Resist. Means to take a stand against, to exert effort in opposition, but not necessarily to be successful in repelling an attack.
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Related to Resist

  • Safeguard means any procedures, practices, or actions with respect to the Project, a Site or Work for the purpose of preventing, mitigating, or containing foreseeable accidents, injuries, damage, release of hazardous material or environmental harm.

  • Minimize means to reduce or eliminate to the extent achievable using control measures (including Best Management Practices) that are technologically available and economically practicable and achievable in light of best industry practice.

  • Retaliatory action means action which includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to continue an agreement, or a material reduction in the quality of service or quantity of products available to a wholesaler under an agreement, which refusal or reduction is not made in good faith.

  • Take or "Taking" means to pursue, hunt, harass, lure, harm, shoot, trap or ensnare, gig or spear, net, capture, collect, kill, destroy, wound, or attempt to do any of the above.

  • Challenge means to appeal a ruling of the Chair.

  • Assist means to act, or offer or agree to act, in such a way as to help, represent, aid, advise, furnish information to, or otherwise provide assistance to a person or business entity, believing that such action is of help, aid, advice, or assistance to such person or business entity and with the intent to assist such person or business entity.

  • Advantage means any payment (whether made voluntarily or involuntarily, by offset of any deposit or other indebtedness or otherwise) received by any Bank in respect of the Debt, if such payment results in that Bank having less than its pro rata share of the Debt then outstanding, than was the case immediately before such payment.

  • Responsive means a Proposal that has substantially complied in all material respects with the criteria outlined in the Request for Proposal.

  • Protect means taking measures to safeguard personally identifiable information and prevent its breach that are functionally equivalent to those called for in that OMB memorandum and elaborated on in the [federal] General Services Administration (GSA) Directive CIO P 2180.1 GSA Rules of Behavior for Handling Personally Identifiable Information.

  • Opposing Party means the third party that owes Borrower Miscellaneous Proceeds or the party against whom Xxxxxxxx has a right of action in regard to Miscellaneous Proceeds. Borrower shall be in default if any action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, is begun that, in Xxxxxx’s judgment, could result in forfeiture of the Property or other material impairment of Xxxxxx’s interest in the Property or rights under this Security Instrument. Borrower can cure such a default and, if acceleration has occurred, reinstate as provided in Section 19, by causing the action or proceeding to be dismissed with a ruling that, in Xxxxxx’s judgment, precludes forfeiture of the Property or other material impairment of Xxxxxx’s interest in the Property or rights under this Security Instrument. The proceeds of any award or claim for damages that are attributable to the impairment of Xxxxxx’s interest in the Property are hereby assigned and shall be paid to Lender. All Miscellaneous Proceeds that are not applied to restoration or repair of the Property shall be applied in the order provided for in Section 2.

  • Pleading means any:

  • offensive weapon means an article made or adapted for use for the purpose of causing injury to or incapacitating a person or which any person having it with him or her intends to use for that purpose;

  • Contest shall have the meaning set forth in Section 25.03.

  • Prosecute means preparation, filing, and prosecuting patent applications and maintaining patents, including any reexaminations, reissues, oppositions, inter partes review, and interferences.

  • Mitigate means to reduce or alleviate the impact of OCI to an acceptable level of risk so that the Government’s interest with regard to fair competition and/or contract performance is not prejudiced.

  • Initiate means, with respect to any Clinical Trial, first dosing in such Clinical Trial of the first human subject with the disease or condition for which the Product in such Clinical Trial is intended.

  • Interference means a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both: 1) inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and (2) therefore, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of SWDA), the Clean Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act.

  • Harass means to engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific person which causes substantial emotional distress to that person and serves no legitimate purpose.

  • Defending Party has the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.3.

  • Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit.

  • Harasses means a pattern or course of conduct directed toward another individual that includes, but is not limited to, repeated or continuing unconsented contact, that would cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress, and that actually causes emotional distress to the victim. Harassment shall include harassing or obscene phone calls as prohibited by Section 1172 of this title and conduct prohibited by Section 850 of this title. Harassment does not include constitutionally protected activity or conduct that serves a legitimate purpose;

  • Retaliate means an act or communication intended:

  • Subpoena means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:

  • Reasonable Best Efforts means best efforts, to the extent commercially reasonable.

  • Disclosing Party means the Party disclosing Confidential Information to the Receiving Party.

  • harmful interference means interference which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radio communications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, Union or national regulations;