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† reˈsistence Obs.
Also 5–6 -ens, resyst-, recistence, -ens.
[a. OF. resistence, = Sp. and Pg. resistencia, It. re-, risistenza, ad. late L. resistentia (Augustine), f. resistĕre to resist: see -ence.]
= resistance. (In common use to c 1530.)
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 990 Loue, a-yeyns þe which þat no man may Ne oughte ek goudly make resistence. c1386― Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 356 Thise metales ben of so gret violence, Our walles may not make hem resistence. 1450Rolls of Parlt. V. 200/2 For suche distres takyng, and yn resistens therof, ther is grete assembles. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxxi. 165 After many resistences by hym doon, to auoyde y⊇ temptacion therof. 1512Act. 4 Hen. VIII, c. 20 Preamble, Theire adherentes made extreme resistens ayenst your said Beseecher. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 176 The Spaniardes so defended them with ordinaunce & resistences that they slew .v. or vi. M. Frenchmen. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. xi. 43 Where the bold knight Encountring him with small resistence slew. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Resistence of the Medium, is the opposition against, or hindrance of the Motion of any Body moving in a Fluid. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., A greater weight is required to overcome their united resistence, than to overcome their several resistences one after another. |