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▪ I. † reˈsent, n. Obs. rare.
Also 7 rescent.
[f. the vb.]
a. A trace or flavour.
b. A grateful feeling.
c. Resentment.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 324 The country people and towne-dwellers of Kent, aboue all other Englishmen retaine still the resent of their ancient worthinesse. 1663Gerbier Counsel f 5 Its but to expresse the rescents of my Obligation. 1686tr. Chardin's Coronat. Solyman 60 The secret hatred which he bare them..gave him a plausible pretence to shew his resent.
▪ II. resent, v.|rɪˈzɛnt|
Also 7 ressent, rescent, recent; ris(s)ent.
[ad. F. ressentir, † resentir (13th c.), = Sp. resentir, It. risentire, f. L. re- re- + sentīre to feel.]
I.
†1. refl. [= F. se ressentir, It. risentirsi.] To have a feeling of pain; to feel pain or distress; to regret, repent. Obs.
1605Gunp. Plot E 2 b, How infinitely greater cause haue wee to feele and ressent our selues of the smart of that wound. a1637N. Ferrar tr. Valdes' 110 Consid. (1638) 49 They sin against God, when they resent themselves, and are grieved touching that which God doth. 1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders 145 At the hearing whereof the mutiners began to rescent themselves, and to be inraged both with anger and shame.
†2. trans. To feel (something) as a cause of depression or sorrow; to feel deeply or sharply. Obs. (common c 1645–1660).
1620Shelton Quix. ii. xliv. 288 Tis said then, that Sancho was scarce departed, when Don Quixote resented his solitarinesse. 1644Chas. I in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 303 The misfortune of our forces in the north wee know is ressented as sadly by you. 1661Fell Life Hammond 222 To be absent from any part of publick Worship he thus deeply resented. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 200 The death of this Cardinal was not so resented by the Court, because he was not of any extraordinary parts. 1728Morgan Hist. Algiers I. vi. 170 He so resented the Insolence of that..Rebel that he sickened and died.
†b. To repent, regret (an action). Obs.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 173 How much did I then risent my former follies? 1630B. Jonson New Inn Argt., He..began, though over-late, to resent the injury he had done her. 1676Life Father Sarpi in Brent's Counc. Trent 16 Because he had formerly cut in pieces a number of living creatures..he seemed to resent it with a kind of compassionate displeasure.
†3. To feel or experience (joy, sorrow, pain, etc.). Obs. (common c 1650–1680).
1640tr. Verdere's Rom. of Rom. i. 87 Not leaving him without resenting the griefe which he saw him endure. 1648Boyle Seraph. Love iv. (1700) 32 God resents an infinite satisfaction in the Accomplishment of his own Will. 1682Creech Lucretius (1683) 183 For these can reap no joy, no more content Than what these Earth-born Swains did first resent. a1734North Lives (1826) I. 167 He had so much good nature as to resent all her pains as if they were personally his own.
†4. To perceive by smell. (Only in Fuller, and in fig. contexts.) Obs.
1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. iv. 371 This bird of prey resented a worse then earthly savour in the soul of Saul. 1655― Ch. Hist. iv. iv. §6 The dullest nostrils resenting it done, not for love of vertue, but his own security.
†b. To smell out (in fig. sense); to perceive.
1641Baker Chron. (1653) 80 King Henry..apprehending the danger, and then resenting the mischief of falling into his enemies hands. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 403 Let fooles be mocked with these fancies, but you whom God hath indued with singular judgment..will easily resent the fraud. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 73 Jangheer had immediate notice of his Sons flight, and resenting how dangerous it might prove [etc.].
II.
†5. refl. (Cf. 1.)
a. To express one's resentment of some act. Obs. rare—1.
1617Moryson Itin. ii. 122 His Lordship shortly after, wrote a letter to him, resenting himselfe in very high tearmes, of the wrong he conceiued to be offered him.
†b. To show one's resentment by some act of revenge; to revenge oneself. Obs. rare.
1618in Camden's Lett. (1691) 216 The disgrace lately done to the French Ambassadour..maketh them cry here upon a bellum piraticum: but they..will be much troubled how to resent themselves. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. ii. xciii. (1674) 246 [He] hath not heart enough.. to resent himself.
†6. intr. To manifest resentment at something.
1625Bacon Ess., Friendship (Arb.) 169 When he [Pompey] had carried the Consulship for a Friend of his, against the pursuit of Sylla, and that Sylla did a little resent thereat..Pompey..bad him be quiet.
7. trans. To feel oneself injured or insulted by (some act or conduct on the part of another); to show that one is displeased or angry at (some wrong, injury, etc. sustained).
1628–9Digby Voy. Medit. (Camden) 33 Rissenting my going out of their port to inuade any shippes that came thither. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 300 Thou thy self with scorne And anger wouldst resent the offer'd wrong. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 350 He with a gen'rous Rage resents his Wounds. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. Pref. 20 Men do not in fact resent deliberately any thing but under this appearance of injury. 1781Cowper Hope 354 The screaming nations, hovering in mid air, Loudly resent the stranger's freedom there. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxix, It is best to be plain at once—resent my refusal as you will. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 50 The second capture of Troy was deeply resented by the Assyrians.
absol.1717Pope Eloïsa 199 How often must it..hope, despair, resent, regret, Conceal, disdain—do all things but forget. 1759Adam Smith Mor. Sent. ii. ii. 203 That the gods neither resent nor hurt, was the general maxim of all the different sects of the ancient philosophy. a1814Hortensia ii. iii. in New Brit. Theatre IV. 164, I charge thee by that heaven, Not to resent for me—O hear me, Leopold!
b. With inf. as object. rare.
1704Swift Batt. Bks. To Rdr., The town highly resented to see a person of Sir William Temple's character and merits roughly used. 1884W. C. Smith Kildrostan 72 She'll think It is her place to keep me company, And will resent to see another here.
†8.
a. To take or receive as or for something.
1642Declar. Lords & Comm. 2 Sept. 2 The Lords and Commons doe declare, that they rescent the aforesaid expressions of the people,..as a testimony of..dutifull affection. 1642Lancash. Tracts Civil War (Chetham Soc.) 41 It will..be taken and recented by the House for an acceptable service in a time of great need.
†b. To take or receive in a certain way or with certain feelings; to take well or ill. Obs. (common c 1655–85).
1654Message fr. Ld. Protector to Gt. Turk 3 This message was resented with so much terrour and astonishment. 1658–9in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 223 This was presently noised abroad, and very ill resented by the army. 1669Pepys Diary 13 Feb., It was mighty well resented and approved of. 1678W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 327, I confess it's a tender point, and I long to know how it was resented. a1734North Lives (1826) III. 136 They came only to spy how his lordship (their grandee) was resented among us.
†c. To take favourably, to approve of. Also intr. To meet with acceptance. Obs. rare.
a1646J. Gregory Postuma, De æris et Epochis (1649) 168 Mahomet having introduc'd a new Superstition, which the men of Mecha..resented not, was forced to flie that place. 1650Descr. of Fut. Hist. Eur. To Rdr. 1 There are several passages in it, which (I know) will not resent with our Great Ones.
†9. To appreciate, to be sensible of, to feel grateful for (a kindness, favour, etc.); to remember with gratitude. Obs. (common c 1665–90).
1647Chas. I in Clarendon St. Pap. (1773) II. 365 Let the army know, that we highly resent this their expression to us: And..we shall auspiciously look upon their loyal intentions. a1677Barrow Serm. (1683) II. xxvi. 373 Should we not be monstrously ingratefull if we did not deeply resent such kindness? 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. i. iii. (1852) 309 If she gratefully resented that small thing for the sake of the hand it came from. 1765Warburton in W. & Hurd Lett. (1809) 360, I was sure that this instance of his friendship to you would ever be warmly resented by you. [1829Webster Lett. (1902) 617, I shall resent through life (to use an expression of Boyle's) your unwearied and affecting kindness to me.]
III. †10. To give forth, exhale (a perfume), to have an odour or suggestion of, to show traces of (some quality, etc.). Obs. rare.
1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxv. 221 Where doth the pleasant air resent a sweeter breath? c1630Digby Cure Wounds by Symp. (1669) 2 The said fright..makes the Ligaments, and other parts of his body the more supple to runne; insomuch, that he resents it all his life afterwards and becomes a good courser. 1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 37 Herein you shall doe us contentable pleasure, and courtesie resenting amitie.
†11. To savour of, to have a touch or taste of; to be characteristic or suggestive of (a person or thing). Obs. (common c 1640–65).
1638W. Sclater Serm. Experimentall To Rdr., They..seeme by reason of their long lodging in the dust, to resent something of the earth. 1654Fuller Ephemeris Pref. 3 Some works resent too much of their authour. 1668M. Casaubon Credulity (1670) 34 O, that the Tragedies..had somewhat that resented of piety in them. 1826Southey To Mem. Yng. Officer 20 Therefore doth the draught Resent of comfort in its bitterness. |