Resent

Definition of Resent

Re`sent´ Pronunciation: r?-z?nt´

v. t.	1.	To be sensible of; to feel [imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting.] Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. - Sir T. Browne.
	2.	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. 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.
v. i.	1.	To feel resentment.
	2.	To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. 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.

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