resisten

Middle English

Alternative forms

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.

Descendants

  • English: resist
  • Scots: resist

References

Spanish

Verb

resisten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of resistir
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