Word Meanings - WITHSTANDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.
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- POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - POWERABLE
1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden. - RESISTANT
Making resistance; resisting. -- n. - RESIST
1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton. 2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. - RESISTLESS
1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. Spenser. 2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. -- Re*sist"less*ly, adv. -- Re*sist"less*ness, - POWERLESS
Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n. - RESISTANCE
The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through - RESISTING
Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. -- Re*sist"ing ly, adv. - RESISTANCE FRAME
A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly. - RESISTIBILITY
1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness. 2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke. - RESISTER
One who resists. - RESISTIVE
Serving to resist. B. Jonsosn. - RESISTIBLE
Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale. -- Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv. - POWER
See FISH - OPPONENT
Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Pope. (more info) or place against, to oppose; ob + ponere to place. See - RESISTFUL
Making much resistance. - UNRESISTANCE
Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall. - CANDLE POWER
Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. - IMPOWER
See EMPOWER - UNRESISTED
1. Not resisted; unopposed. Bentley. 2. Resistless; as, unresisted fate. Pope. - IRRESISTIBLENESS
Quality of being irrestible. - POLICE POWER
The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers - DISEMPOWER
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell. - IRRESISTIBLE
That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason. - EMPOWER
1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize ; as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. 2. To give - UNPOWER
Want of power; weakness. Piers Plowman. - IRRESISTANCE
Nonresistance; passive submission. - CONCERT OF THE POWERS
An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question. - NONRESISTANT
Making no resistance.