resisten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• resiste, resyst, recysten

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman resister, resistre, from Latin resistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈsistən/

Verb

resisten (third-person singular simple present resisteth, present participle resistende, resistynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle resisted)

1. To resist; to work against or counteract.
2. (rare) To block or halt.
3. (rare) To stop oneself in engaging in something;.

Conjugation

Conjugation of resisten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) resisten, resiste
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	resiste	resisted
2nd-person singular	resistest	resistedest
3rd-person singular	resisteth	resisted
subjunctive singular	resiste
imperative singular		—
plural1	resisten, resiste	resisteden, resistede
imperative plural	resisteth, resiste	—
participles	resistynge, resistende	resisted, yresisted

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• resistence
• resistyng

Descendants

• English: resist
• Scots: resist

References

• “resisten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.

Spanish

Verb

resisten

1. third-person plural present indicative of resistir