Chapter 1331

Re*set" (r?-s?t") , n. [OF. recete , recepte , a receiving. Cf. Receipt .] (Scots Law) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.

Jamieson.

Reset <Xpage=1225>

Re*set" , v. t. (Scots Law) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.

We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. Sir. W. Scott.

Resetter <Xpage=1225>

Re*set"ter (-t?r) , n. (Scots Law) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.

Resetter <Xpage=1225>

Re*set"ter (r?-S?t"t?r) , n. One who resets, or sets again.

Resettle <Xpage=1225>

Re*set"tle (r?-s?t"t'l) , v. t. To settle again.

Swift.

Resettle <Xpage=1225>

Re*set"tle , v. i. To settle again, or a second time.

Resettlement <Xpage=1225>

Re*set"tle*ment (-m e nt) , n. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees .

The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris.

Reshape <Xpage=1225>

Re*shape" (r?-sh?p") , v. t. To shape again.

Reship <Xpage=1225>

Re*ship" (r?-sh?p") , v. t. To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise .

Reship <Xpage=1225>

Re*ship" , v. i. To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.

Reshipment <Xpage=1225>

Re*ship"ment (-m e nt) , n. The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.

Reshipper <Xpage=1225>

Re*ship"per (-p?r) , n. One who reships.

Resiance <Xpage=1225>

Res`i*ance (r?z"?- a ns) , n. [LL. reseantia , <?/<?/ OF. reseance .] Residence; abode. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Resiant <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*ant (- a nt) , a. [OF. reseant , resseant , L. residens . See Resident .] Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]

In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant . Spenser.

Resiant <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*ant , n. A resident. [Obs.]

Sir T. More.

Reside <Xpage=1225>

Re*side" (r?-z?d") , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Resided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Residing .] [F. r\'82sider , 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.

Residence <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*dence (r?z"?-d e ns) , n. [F. r\'82sidence . See Resident .] 1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year .

The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale.

2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. "Near the residence of Posthumus."

Shak.

Johnson took up his residence in London. Macaulay.

3. (Eng.Eccl.Law) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence .

4. The place where anything rests permanently.

But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton.

5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.]

Bacon.

6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.

Resedency <Xpage=1225>

Res"e*den*cy (-d e n-s?) , n. 1. Residence. [Obsoles.]

2. A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.

Resident <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*dent (-d e nt) , a. [F. r\'82sident , L. residens , -entis , p. pr. of residere . See Reside .] 1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident ; as, resident in the city or in the country .

2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock."

Jer. TAylor.

One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.

Resident <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*dent , n. 1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister , 4 .

Residenter <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*dent*er (-$r) , n. A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Residential <Xpage=1225>

Res`i*den""tial (-d?n"sh a l) , a. 1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade .

2. Residing; residentiary. [R.]

Residentiary <Xpage=1225>

Res`i*den"tia*ry (-d?n"sh?-r?; 277) , a. [LL. residentiaris .] Having residence; as, a canon residentary ; a residentiary guardian.

Dr. H. More.

Residentiary <Xpage=1225>

Res`i*den"tia*ry , n. 1. One who is resident.

The residentiary , or the frequent visitor of the favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been there. Coleridge.

2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.

Syn. -- Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.

Residentiaryship <Xpage=1225>

Res`i*den"tia*ry*ship , n. The office or condition of a residentiary.

Residentship <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*dent*ship (r?z"?-d e nt-sh?p) , n. The office or condition of a resident.

Resider <Xpage=1225>

Re*sid"er (r?-z?d"?r) , n. One who resides in a place.

Residual <Xpage=1225>

Re*sid"u*al (r?-z?d"?- a l) , a. [See Residue .] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.

Residual air (Physiol.) , that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air , under Supplemental . -- Residual error . (Mensuration) See Error , 6 (b) . -- Residual figure (Geom.) , the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. -- Residual magnetism (Physics) , remanent magnetism. See under Remanent . -- Residual product , a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. -- Residual quantity (Alg.) , a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b . -- Residual root (Alg.) , the root of a residual quantity, as &root;(a-b) .

Residual <Xpage=1225>

Re*sid"u*al , n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.

Residuary <Xpage=1225>

Re*sid"u*a*ry (-?-r?) , a. [See Residue .] Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter ; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate .

Ayliffe.

Residuary clause (Law) , that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. -- Residuary devise (Law) , the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. -- Residuary legatee (Law) , the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.

Residue <Xpage=1225>

Res"i*due (r?z"?-d?) , n. [F. r\'82sidu , L. residuum , fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside , and cf. Residuum .] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9.

If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

2. (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

3. (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical , but in a more general sense. <-- also moiety -->

&hand; The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.

4. (Theory of Numbers) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues .

Syn. -- Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.

Residuous <Xpage=1225>

Re*sid"u*ous (r?-z?d"?-?s) , a. [L. residuus .] Remaining; residual.

Landor.

Residuum <Xpage=1225>

Re*sid"u*um (-?m) , n. [L. See Residue .] That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.

"I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.

Resiege <Xpage=1225>

Re*siege" (r?-s?j") , v. t. [Pref. re- + siege a seat.] To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Re-sign <Xpage=1225>

Re-sign" (r?-s?n") , v. t. [Pref. re- + sign .] To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.

Resign <Xpage=1225>

Re*sign" (r?-z?n") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Resigned (-z?nd") ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning .] [F. r\'82signer , 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. -- 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 .

Re sign <Xpage=1225>

Re sign" , n. Resignation. [Obs.]

Beau & Fl.

Resignation <Xpage=1225>

Res`ig*na"tion (r?z`?g-n?"sh?n) , n. [F. r\'82signation . See Resign .] 1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission .

2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God .

Syn. -- Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking; abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See Patience .

Resigned <Xpage=1225>

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.

Resignedly <Xpage=1225>

Re*sign"ed*ly (r?-z?n"?d-l?) , adv. With submission.

Resignee <Xpage=1225>

Res`ign*ee" (r?z`?-n?") , n. One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.

Resigner <Xpage=1225>

Re*sign"er (r?-z?n"?r) , n. One who resigns.

Resignment <Xpage=1225>

Re*sign"ment (-m e nt) , n. The act of resigning.

Resile <Xpage=1225>

Re*sile" (r?-z?l") , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Resiled (-z?ld") ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resiling .] [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient .] To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

J. Ellis.

Resilience r-zl- e ns, Resiliency <Xpage=1225>

Re*sil"i*ence (r?-z?l"?- e ns) , Re*sil"i*en*cy (- e n-s?) , n. 1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound .

2. (Mech. & Engyn.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.

Resilient <Xpage=1225>

Re*sil"i*ent (- e nt) , a. [L. resiliens , p. pr.] Leaping back; rebounding; recoling.

Resilition <Xpage=1225>

Res`i*li"tion (r?z`?-l?sh"?n) , n. Resilience. [R.]

Resin <Xpage=1225>

Res"in (r?z"?n) , n. [F. r\'82sine , L. resina ; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf. Rosin .] Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin ).

&hand; Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or oleoresins.

Highgate resin (Min.) , a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. -- Resin bush (Bot.) , a low composite shrub ( Euryops speciosissimus ) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.

Resinaceous <Xpage=1225>

Res`in*a"ceous (-?"sh?s) , a. Having the quality of resin; resinous.

Resinate <Xpage=1225>

Res"in*ate (r?z"?n-?t) , n. (Chem.) Any one of the salts the resinic acids.

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Resinic <Xpage=1226>

Re*sin"ic (r?-z?n"?k) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids .

Resiniferous <Xpage=1226>

Res`in*if"er*ous (r?z`?n-?f"?r-?s) , a. [ Resin + -ferous : cf. F. r\'82sinif\'8are .] Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel .

Resiniform <Xpage=1226>

Res"in*i*form (r?z"?n-?-f?rm) , a. [ Resin + -form : cf. F. r\'82siniforme .] Having the form of resin.

Resino-electric <Xpage=1226>

Res`in*o-e*lec"tric (-?-?-l?k"tr?k) , a. (Elec.) Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.

Resinoid <Xpage=1226>

Res"in*oid (r?z"?n-oid) , a. Somewhat like resin.

Resinous <Xpage=1226>

Res"in*ous (-?s) , a. [L. resinous : cf. F. r\'82sineux . See Resin .] Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin.

Resinous electricity (Elec.) , electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity , under Negative .

Resinously <Xpage=1226>

Res"in*ous*ly , adv. By means, or in the manner, of resin.

Resinousness <Xpage=1226>

Res"in*ous*ness , n. The quality of being resinous.

Resiny <Xpage=1226>

Res"in*y (-?) , a. Like resin; resinous.

Resipiscence <Xpage=1226>

Res`i*pis"cence (r?s`?-p?s"s e ns) , n. [L. resipiscentia , from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf. F. r\'82sipiscence .] Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.]

Bp. Montagu.

Resist <Xpage=1226>

Re*sist" (r?-z?stt") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Resisted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting .] [F. r\'82sister , L. resistere , pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand .] 1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist . Milton.

2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.

God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6.

Contrary to his high will Whom we resist . Milton.

3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.]

Shak.

Syn. -- To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

Resist <Xpage=1226>

Re*sist" , v. i. To make opposition.

Shak.

Resist <Xpage=1226>