3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resent \Re*sent"\ (r?-z?nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resented}; p.
pr & vb n. {Resenting}.] [F. ressentir L. pref. re- re- +
sentire to feel See {Sense}.]
1. To be sensible of to feel as:
a In a good sense to take well to receive with
satisfaction. [Obs.]
Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons
more favorably resented by compassionate
readers. --Sir T.
Browne.
b In a bad sense to take ill; to consider as an injury
or affront; to be indignant at
2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at as by
words or acts
The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably
what he might have resented safely. --Bolingbroke.
3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling;
-- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of
scent to smell. See {Resent}, v. i. [Obs.]
This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly
savor in the soul of Saul. --Fuller.
Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his
drift. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resent \Re*sent"\, v. i.
1. To feel resentment. --Swift.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]
The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the
sincere milk of the word before vessels full of
traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of
human invention. --Fuller.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
resent
v 1: feel bitter or indignant about "She resents being paid less
than her co-workers"
2: wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: {begrudge}] [ant: {wish}]
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