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  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. 




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