resistible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated
    • a resistible attack
    • such resistible temptations

WordNet


Re*sist"i*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. résistible.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale. -- Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv.

Webster 1913