Verb
1. elude, especially in a baffling way;
"This behavior defies explanation"2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
3. express opposition through action or words;
"dissent to the laws of the country"4. withstand the force of something;
"The trees resisted her""stand the test of time""The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;
"His body rejected the liver of the donor"6. refuse to comply