单词 | resistence |
释义 | resistencen. Now rare. = resistance n. (in various senses).In common use until the late 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance witherOE wiþerstrencþc1175 withstanding1303 resistancea1325 gainstandinga1340 withsetting1340 resistencec1390 again-standingc1400 resisting1436 repugnance?a1439 gainstandc1470 disstandingc1485 against-standinga1500 repugnancya1500 resist1535 objection1543 reluctation1593 resistment1605 rebeck1609 reluctance1609 reluctancy1613 obluctation1615 redaction1621 resistencya1623 obstrigillation1623 resistal1631 resistancy1656 recalcitration1658 stemc1700 calcitration1867 push-back1984 society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > [noun] > resisting resistancea1325 defendingc1350 defencea1513 resistence1548 counterstrength1579 c1390 (?c1350) St. Ambrose 768 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 20 (MED) Mi bitter teres..ben prestes defens; Oþur nul i make no resistens. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 909 Thise Metals been of so greet violence Oure walles mowe nat make hem resistence. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 990 Þe excellence Of loue, a-yeyns þe which þat no man may Ne oughte ek goudly make resistence. 1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §55. m. 18 For suche distres takyng, and yn resistens therof, ther is grete assembles. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Theire adherentes made extreme resistens ayenst your said Beseecher. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxvj Ye Spaniardes so defended them with ordinaunce & resistences that they slew .v. or vi. M. Frenchemen. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 81 This Renitencie and reaction..alwayes doth suppose some resistence. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 230 The spirit or Wind..whirls about in a Circle: for..the density and resistence of the Cloud, gives it an oblique or Vortiginous Motion. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Resistence of the Medium, is the opposition against, or hindrance of the Motion of any Body moving in a Fluid. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A greater Weight is required to overcome their united Resistence, than to overcome their several Resistences one after another. 1788 R. Young Ess. Powers & Mechanism Nature i. iii. 37 Greater forces than have yet been employed, might..overcome the resistence which has only been insuperable to an insufficient power. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 639 The increase in weight..causes the bottom to bulge upwards at the points of least resistence. 1978 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 What remains to be tested is whether the Russians can demonstrate that their methods of modern warfare can crush any guerrilla resistence in any terrain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390 |
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