resistible

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  • Adjective:
    capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated

Word Origin

resistible (adj.)
1640s, from resist (v.) + -ible. Alternative resistable attested from c. 1600.

Example

1. A resistible attack ; such resistible temptations .
2. The selection criteria in breeding white wheat variety with spikes resistible to sprouting was also discussed in this paper .

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