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Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

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  1. a. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
  2. a. Persistently opposed.
  3. 1. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray. 2. Persistently opposed.
  4. a. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. a. Persistently opposed.