resisting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstɪŋ/, /ɹəˈzɪstɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: re‧sist‧ing
• Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ

Verb

resisting

1. present participle and gerund of resist

Noun

resisting (plural resistings)

1. resistance
   • 1901, The Insurance Times, volume 34, page 389:

     There has been a great deal written recently regarding the honesty, or rather dishonesty of action on the part of surety companies, their technical bonds, their resistings of payments, their scalings of losses, etc.

Anagrams

• sistering

Middle English

Noun

resisting

1. alternative form of resistyng