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resigned |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resign \Re*sign"\ (r?-z?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resigned} (-z?nd"); p. pr & vb n. {Resigning}.] [F. r['e]signer, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See {Sign}, and cf {Resignation}.] 1. To sign back to return by a formal act to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence to give up to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. --Shak. Lament not Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. --Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God? --Tiilotson. 2. To relinquish; to abandon. He soon resigned his former suit. --Spenser. 3. To commit to the care of to consign. [Obs.] Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors. --Evelyn. Syn: To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave relinquish; forego; quit forsake; abandon; renounce. Usage: {Resign}, {Relinquish}. To resign is to give up as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our own as an office, employment, etc We speak of relinquishing a claim, of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right privilege, etc ``Men are weary with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it.'' --Steele. See {Abdicate}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resigned \Re*signed"\ (r?-z?nd"), a. Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resigned adj 1: (followed by `to') having come to accept "resigned to his fate" [syn: {resigned(p)}] 2: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" [syn: {abject}, {unhopeful}]
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