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resistless |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resistless \Re*sist"less\, a. 1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.] --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}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resistless adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" [syn: {irresistible}] [ant: {resistible}] 2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: {supine}, {unresisting}]
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