resent
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English [edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)
- To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at (words or acts).
- To feel resentment.
- (obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
- (obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
- (obsolete) In a negative sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
- (obsolete) 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).
- (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Translations [edit]
to express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at (words or acts)
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to feel resentment
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Etymology 2 [edit]
See resend.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
resent
- simple past tense and past participle of resend
- The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
External links [edit]
- resent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- resent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
