resile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin resilire (to spring back) through French resilir; from re (back) + salire (to jump)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪ'zʌɪl/

[edit] Verb

to resile (third-person singular simple present resiles, present participle resiling, simple past and past participle resiled)

1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
2. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

[edit] References

• “resile” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.