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reside

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reside  \Re*side"\  (r?-z?d"),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Resided};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Residing}.]  [F.  r['e]sider,  L.  residere;  pref. 
  re-  re-  +  sedere  to  sit  See  {Sit}.  ] 
  1.  To  dwell  permanently  or  for  a  considerable  time;  to  have  a 
  settled  abode  for  a  time;  to  abide  continuosly;  to  have 
  one's  domicile  of  home;  to  remain  for  a  long  time. 
 
  At  the  moated  grange,  resides  this  dejected  Mariana. 
  --Shak. 
 
  In  no  fixed  place  the  happy  souls  reside.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  have  a  seat  or  fixed  position;  to  inhere;  to  lie  or  be 
  as  in  attribute  or  element. 
 
  In  such  like  acts  the  duty  and  virtue  of 
  contentedness  doth  especially  reside.  --Barrow. 
 
  3.  To  sink;  to  settle,  as  sediment.  [Obs.]  --Boyle. 
 
  Syn:  To  dwell;  inhabit;  sojourn;  abide;  remain;  live; 
  domiciliate;  domicile. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reside 
  v  1:  make  one's  home  or  live  in  "There  are  only  250,000  people 
  in  Island"  [syn:  {dwell},  {shack},  {live},  {inhabit},  {people}, 
  {populate}] 
  2:  live  (in  a  certain  place)  [syn:  {occupy},  {lodge  in}] 
  3:  be  inherent  or  innate  in  [syn:  {rest},  {repose}]




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