reside
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]reside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)
- To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- […] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
- He still resides at his parents' house.
- To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]
- To sink; to settle, as sediment.
- a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:
- […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.
- a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
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to sink
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “reside”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “reside”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “reside”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]residē
Portuguese
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[edit]reside
- inflection of residir:
Spanish
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[edit]reside
- inflection of residir:
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