Resistless

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resistless \Re*sist"less\, a.
     1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or
        R.] --Spenser.
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     2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.


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              Masters' commands come with a power resistless
              To such as owe them absolute subjection. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Re*sist"less*ly}, adv. --
        {Re*sist"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]