RESIDER
RESI'DER, noun One who resides in a particular place.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RESIDING
RESI'DING, participle present tense Dwelling in a place for some continuance of time.
RESIDUAL
RESID'UAL, adjective Remaining after a part is taken.
RESIDUARY
RESID'UARY, adjective [Latin residuus. See Reside.]Pertaining to the residue or part remaining; as the residuary advantage of an estate.Residuary legatee, in law, the legatee to...
RESIDUE
RES'IDUE, noun [Latin residuus.]1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed or designated.The locusts shall eat the residue of that which has escaped. Exodus...
RESIDUUM
RESID'UUM, noun [Latin]1. Residue; that which is left after any process of separation or purification.2. In law, the part of an estate or of goods and chattels remaining after t...
RESIEGE
RESIE'GE, verb transitive [re and siege.] To seat again; to reinstate. obsolete
RESIGN
RESIGN, verb transitive rezi'ne. [Latin resigno; re and signo, to sign. The radical sense of sign is to send, to drive, hence to set. To resign is to send, to drive, hence to se...
RESIGNATION
RESIGNA'TION, noun1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim or possession; as the resignation of a crown or commission.2. Submission; unresisting acquiescence; as a blind...
RESIGNED
RESIGNED, participle passive1. Given up; surrendered; yielded.2.adjective Submissive to the will of God.
RESIGNEDLY
RESIGNEDLY, adverb With submission.
RESIGNING
RESIGNING, participle present tense Giving up; surrendering; submitting.
RESIGNMENT
RESIGNMENT, noun The act of resigning. obsolete
RESILAH
RES'ILAH, noun An ancient patriarchal coin.
RESILIENCE
RESIL'IENCE,RESIL'IENCY, noun s as z. [Latin resiliens, resilio; re and salio, to spring.]The act of leaping or springing back, or the act of rebounding; as the resilience of a ...
RESILIENCY
RESIL'IENCY, n. s as z. [L. resiliens, resilio; re and salio, to spring.]The act of leaping or springing back, or the act of rebounding; as the resilience of a ball or of sound.
RESILIENT
RESIL'IENT, adjective [Latin resiliens.] Leaping or starting back; rebounding.
RESILITION
RESILI'TION, noun [Latin resilio.] The act of springing back; resilience.
RESIN
RES'IN, noun s as z. [Latin, Gr. to flow.]An inflammable substance, hard when cool, but viscid when heated, exuding in a fluid state from certain kinds of trees, as pine, either...
RESINIFEROUS
RESINIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin resina and fero, to produce.]Yielding resin; as a resiniferous tree or vessels.
RESINIFORM
RES'INIFORM, adjective Having the form of resin.
RESINO-ELECTRIC
RESINO-ELEC'TRIC, adjective Containing or exhibiting negative electricity, or that kind which is produced by the friction of resinous substances.
RESINO-EXTRACTIVE
RES'INO-EXTRAC'TIVE, adjective Designating extractive matter in which resin predominates.
RESINOUS
RES'INOUS, adjective Partaking of the qualities of resin; like resin. resinous substances are combustible.Resinous electricity, is that electricity which is excited by rubbing b...
RESINOUSLY
RES'INOUSLY, adverb By means of resin; as resinously electrified.
RESINOUSNESS
RES'INOUSNESS, noun The quality of being resinous.
RESIPISCENCE
RESIPIS'CENCE, noun [Latin resipisco, from resipio; re and sapio, to taste.]Properly, wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [Little used.]