resent
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From French resentir (now obsolete), from re- (as an intensifier) + sentir (“‘to feel’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹiˈzɛnt/, /ɹɪˈzɛnt/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
[edit] Verb
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to resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)
- To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
- To be sensible of; to feel
- In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
- In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
- To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
- To feel resentment.
- To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
[edit] Etymology 2
See resend.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌɹiːˈsɛnt/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
[edit] Verb
resent
- Simple past tense and past participle of resend.
- The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
[edit] External links
- resent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- resent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
