resignv.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈzʌɪn/, U.S.

/rəˈzaɪn/,

/riˈzaɪn/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s resine, Middle English–1500s resygne, Middle English–1500s resyne, Middle English–1600s resigne, Middle English– resign, 1500s reasygne, 1500s resygn; Scottish pre-1700 rasign, pre-1700 resigne, pre-1700 ressign, pre-1700 ressygn, pre-1700 ressyne, pre-1700 resygn, pre-1700 resyne, pre-1700 1700s– resign.

β. Middle English resingne, Middle English resyngn, Middle English resyngne; Scottish pre-1700 rasingne, pre-1700 resingne, pre-1700 resyngne.

γ. late Middle English ressyng, late Middle English resyng, late Middle English resynge; Scottish pre-1700 rasing, pre-1700 rasyng, pre-1700 reseinge, pre-1700 resing, pre-1700 resinge, pre-1700 ressyng, pre-1700 resyng.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French resigner; Latin resignāre.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resigner, resingner, Middle French resiner, resyner, Middle French, French résigner to desist from, refrain from, forswear (something) (c1223 in Old French, originally in resigner son pechié to give up one's sin), to relinquish, give up (an office (especially an ecclesiastical benefice), or claim, right, etc.) (1261), to give up, surrender (something) to (a person) (1263), to consign, make over, deliver up (a thing) to (a person) (c1285 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to give up an office or position (1316, originally in resiner du siege de Romme (of the Pope) to resign from the See of Rome), (reflexive) to submit to (an unavoidable event) (1690) and its etymon classical Latin resignāre to unseal, to loosen, open, to remove from concealment, expose to view, to disclose, to hand over, give up, in post-classical Latin also to give up an office (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < re- re- prefix + signāre sign v.¹ Compare slightly earlier resignation n.Compare Old Occitan resignar , Catalan resignar (both 14th cent.), Spanish resignar (late 15th cent.), Portuguese resignar (a1575), Italian rassegnare (late 13th cent. in sense ‘to consign, send, present (a thing) to (a person)’, a1400 used reflexively in sense ‘to submit to (something inevitable or the will of another person)’; also †rissegnare ). With the reflexive use in quots. a1500, 1642 at sense 3b compare Middle French se resigner à Dieu , in same sense (1541 in Calvin). With the form history compare discussion at reign n.

a. transitive. To relinquish, give up (an office, position, right, claim, etc.); to yield (a position, right, etc.) to another person. Formerly also with †up. Also figurative.When used metonymically, with the insignia of an office, etc., as object, the meaning is often hard to distinguish from sense 2a.

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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another

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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position)

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give in or submit to action, treatment, or events

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 415 (MED) Clement..resignede [L. cessit] his dignite to Linus and aftirward to Cletus.

c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 162 (MED) Y resyngn op þe crone of þe reaume of Engeland into þe Popis Hande.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 64 Þei..resignen not here benefis goten þus by symonye.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 93 But these same..leften here honour and resigned her right.

1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Biij If he repent not and reasygne vp hys offyce which he can not execute.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 573 To whom their living they resigned quight For a few pence.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. G^v Her eyes..resigne their office, and their light, To the disposing of her troubled braine.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 767 Sigebert..resigned vp his kingdome.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 27 The Baptist..would have resign'd To him his Heavenly Office.

1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 31 Thebes would blush, should I resign my Scepter for fear of the Mycenæan spears.

1732 H. Fielding Lottery (ed. 2) iii. 34 Resign over all Pretensions in her to me.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 158 I..should have resigned all my places one after another.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 143 Would age in thee resign his wintry reign, And youth invigorate that frame again.

1814 Monthly Repos. Mar. 155/1 The Society possessing no legal jurisdiction over any individuals after due notice that they have resigned their membership.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 348 Upon his resigning the great seal.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 92 The see of York, the ancient claims of which to equality with Canterbury he was forced to resign.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 339/2 Non-commissioned officers are not allowed to resign their situation to escape trial by court-martial.

1900 ‘Thormanby’ Boxers & their Battles ii. 11 If he refused to fight he would brand him as a coward and call upon him publicly to resign the title which he was afraid to defend.

1916 R. Herrick World Decision I. v. 89 Mayor of Rome, he had that afternoon resigned his position in order to join the army.

1927 W. E. Peck Shelley II. xiv. 63 Cottius, having resigned his throne to Rome and accepted a Roman prefectorship.

1985 G. Eaton Islam & Destiny of Man viii. 146 The agreement drawn up when Hasan resigned his claim [to the caliphate].

2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xxvii. 425 I should resign my fellowship and be presented with a college living.

b. intransitive. To give up an office or position; to terminate one's employment, tenure, membership, etc., of one's own free will. In later use also with from (originally U.S.).Now rarely used with reference to the renunciation of sovereignty by a monarch, the more usual word in this context being abdicate.In quot. 1395 with qualifying adverbial phrase.

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society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)]

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to lay down1682

to swear off1698

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to send in one's papers1872

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to stand down1926

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] > abdicate

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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign

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to go out1642

to lay down1682

to swear off1698

to turn up1819

to pull the pin1860

to send in one's papers1872

to step down1890

to snatch it or one's time1941

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 145 (MED) If grete men seyn that it suffisith to saluacioun to resigne to God..and performe truli here gostli office in al here lif, though this were soth, it semeth not siker neithir spedeful now.

?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 43 (MED) Her procuratours to resigne, and yelde vp vnto kyng Richard her homage and ffewte that they hadde made and ouht to hym byfore.

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 76 (MED) He resynyd, and Edwarde his sone..was crounyd at Westemyster.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 688/1 He is contented to resyne, but he demaundeth to great a pencyon.

1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 180 I thought you had been willing to resigne?

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 819 Being found unfit..because he was a fosterer of faction, he resign'd.

1744 H. Walpole Lett. II. 3 Lord Granville has resigned: that is the term.

1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 113 Of those offices..in which each College had a professor, the half was to be suppressed; one of these professors..resigning in favour of his colleague.

1835 B. Elliott & M. Strobel Militia Syst. S.-Carolina p. lxi A private in any Volunteer Corps of Cavalry, Infantry or Artillery, disposed to resign from such Corps, must give six months previous notice thereof.

1848 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 246 On the 21st, the King resigned in favour of his son.

1867 Southern Jrnl. Med. Sci. Aug. 393 The Obstetrical Society of London has expelled him from its membership, and he has been forced to resign from the London Medical Society.

1926 G. B. Shaw Translations & Tomfooleries 235 My brothers said I ought to resign from my clubs.

1971 C. Bukowski Post Office (2000) iv. i. 135 No, Mr. Winters, you turned down my request... This time there can't be any turndown. Or I will resign.

1980 Times 20 Aug. 1/2 Mr A. J. P. Taylor resigned from the British Academy over what he described as a witch hunt by some members to remove Professor Anthony Blunt.

2007 U.S. News & World Rep. 16 Apr. 22/1 Once hailed for presiding over a marked decline in crime, Chicago's top cop..resigned in shame last week.

c. transitive. To cause or (in later use esp.) compel (a person) to give up an office or position.rare before late 20th cent.

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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]

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1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 286 That party made their braggs that they would resigne Arlington at his Returne.

1984 E. Crawley House Divided iv. 70 ‘You will resign before General Ramirez arrives.’ ‘And if I refuse?’ ‘If you refuse, we have orders to throw you out of the window.’ Once we had ‘resigned’ him, Ramírez arrived.

1986 Auckland Metro Feb. 50/3 [He] left the Lion Corporation one year ago after, as Myers puts it, ‘he was resigned’.

2002 Independent 27 Feb. ii. 3/2 Mr Blair must unilaterally resign Mr Byers, as the new phrase goes.

2. transitive. More generally: to relinquish, surrender, yield, give up (to a person, or into a person's hands). Formerly also with †up.

a. To hand over (a physical object, a possession, an asset, etc.); to give up ownership of or claim to (something in one's possession or charge); to cede.

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1389 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 16 And all the landys the qwhylkys..Scyr Dauy gef & resignyt vp in hys ourelardys handys.

1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 3036 Whosoeuyr hath ony possessioun Longyng to my cherch..I wil now charge hem..That þei resyne hem withouten condicioun.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 202 (MED) Elenore..resinid & quiet-claimyd vtturli..to þe house of seint Iohn baptiste of Godestowe..iiij d. of rente.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 713 That all Northumberland And Cumbria he sould frelie resing, Into the handis of this Dauid king.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 176 Take but my shame, And I resigne my gage.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 207 The Duke exhorted Tristan Vaz with many reasons to resigne the forte.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 4 Resigne then what thou owest, or forbeare, To taxe our credits when our skore's not cleere.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 749 Desirous to resigne, and render back All I receav'd.

1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills 38 The late A——B——p..stipulated with the Tenant to resign up twenty or thirty Acres to the Minister of the Parish.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 347 The divorced wife resigned the bunch of keys, by the delivery of which she had been invested with the government of the family.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlvi. 73 The commonwealth was required..to resign a great part of its foreign possessions.

1851 S. G. Goodrich Hist. All Nations II. cccxlii. 761/1 The request was granted, on condition that they would resign their arms.

1903 W. E. Leonard Lord Leonard the Luckless 95 I have it in me to resign all my worldly possessions at a given moment to my next of kin and disappear.

1978 16th Cent. Jrnl. 9 82 Exactly what led these individuals to resign their new lands cannot be explicitly stated.

2005 K. B. Gevirtz Life after Death i. 16 She..has been..forced to resign her property in favor of the aristocratic family that held it before her late husband obtained it.

b. To relinquish responsibility for, give up, abandon (a task, charge, etc.).In quot. 1513: to leave it to another to recount (a matter).

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 84 But now fordullid be impotence of age,..My labour up of writyng I resigne.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 211 All sic crymes in luffis caus I resing To the confessioun of morall Ihon Gower.

1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe vii. 5 Hee did conclude all duety to resigne, To faire Parthenophe.

1635 D. Lindsay in Funerals P. Forbes sig. ¶¶4^v I will resigne this taske to some Maron'an pen.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 688 Suspicion sleeps At wisdoms Gate, and to simplicitie Resigns her charge.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 378 To you the glorious Conflict I resign.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 551 Then why resign into a stranger's hand A task as much within your own command?

1806 Churchman's Mag. Dec. 469 After continuing here in the ministry about six years, he resigned his charge of the parish, and removed to Rye.

1825 F. Glasse Ned Clinton III. xvii. 109 All these efforts proving ineffectual, the lieutenant determined, ere he resigned the task, to try another experiment or two.

1926 S. Dill Rom. Soc. Merovingian Age I. v. 192 The childless Childebert was ready to adopt him, but on the demand of Chlothar resigned his charge.

1987 Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. He resigned the task, having failed to make any headway with his proposal.

2005 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 5 The Rev Nelson remained at Chapelhall until May 2003, when he resigned his charge.

c. To give up (one's being, soul, etc.), to depart from (life). Now rare.

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a1439 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 1960 To goddis most benigne With riht hool herte my sperit I resigne.

1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 205 Of natures lawe is learned, life to be taken and resigned, & no man dye, but he whiche haue liued.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 191 What should I don this Roabe..to daie, To morrow yeeld vp rule, resigne my life.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour v. ii. 65 If Blood you seek, I will my own resign.

1673 J. Milton Sonnets xiv, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Meekly thou didst resign this earthy load Of Death, call'd Life.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 133. ⁋5 Noble and Heroick Minds that have resigned this Being.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 317 (note) He resigned a life, which had been singularly devoted to the welfare of his country.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 59 That done, My soul, which is a scourge, will I resign Into the hands of him who wielded it.

1862 Era 7 Dec. 10/4 He gradually sank till..he peacefully resigned his last breath.

1898 J. W. Howe From Sunset Ridge 95 No man shall touch my lips..Save he who claims my wedded hand: Rather will I resign my breath, And yield my pulses where I stand.

1944 Calif. Folklore Q. 3 157 The officiating priest..displays to the people the lifeless body of the eagle, which has voluntarily resigned his life.

d. To give up on, abandon (something aimed at or desired, a wish, a hope, etc.).

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1615 R. Rogers Comm. Bk. Judges liv. 422 Assuerus..promised to giue her what she requested..: but she was content to resigne her hope and aduantage that way, and turned the fauour she found with the King, to the aduancing of Gods worship.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 32 The praise of artful Numbers I resign.

1714 L. Eusden Verses Cambr. 11 My Lawrel'd Hopes I willingly resign, Give me but Flavia—take the tuneful Nine.

1736 T. Gray Let. 8 May in Corr. T. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 3 The palm despair'd resign.

1833 M. M. Busk Hist. Spain & Portugal II. iv. 106/1 He had been unwillingly induced..to resign his wish to espouse his young step-mother.

1885 Mind 10 525 We are content to resign the larger hope of catching glimpses of an ocean of eternal being.

1916 R. H. Fife German Empire between Two Wars iii. 63 Germany..accepted a settlement with France which resigned hopes of a foothold on the West African coast.

2007 R. C. Roberts Spiritual Emotions x. 149 I can resign the desire of my youth to be one of the greatest philosophers of my age without spoiling anything really noble in myself.

a. transitive. To consign, make over, deliver up to a person, thing, circumstance, etc.

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c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 682 To the feend I thee resigne.

1561 R. Norvell Myroure of ane Christiane f. 61 My supplicatione I resing Onlie to Thé, and my intent I do present.

?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 11 Whether he would haue the care of the commonwealth..resigned to the retorting of T.C. his unreuerent railings.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 301 So Law appears..but giv'n With purpose to resign them in full time Up to a better Cov'nant.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 53 The light Stubble, to the Flames resign'd, Is driv'n along, and crackles in the Wind.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vi. 123 His two Brethren..for ever discarded from his House, and resigned to the wide World.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 79 Mr. Burchell..resigned her up to the chaplain.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. viii. 39 Had I resigned you to his will, I should have remained secure.

1859 W. C. Bryant in Christian Guest No. 31. 367/1 Then to the sleep I crave Resign me.

1899 Amer. Angler June 172/1 The Professor praised the rod..and seemed reluctant to resign it to me.

1945 M. Zucker Philos. Amer. Hist. xx. 717 The North..sought to forget the Negro and resigned him to a fate scarcely better than slavery.

2004 A. G. Harmon Eternal Bonds, True Contracts iii. 75 This results in a flouting of nature's laws, leaving the world with no standard and resigning it to a state of inconstancy and turmoil.

b. transitive. Usually with to. To yield up (oneself, one's heart, etc.) with confidence to another person for care or guidance.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 2640 (MED) I hooly resigne Herte, body..In-to ȝour hond.

a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 1886 (MED) With louyng chere and face benigne Hir hert to him she did resigne.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 113 (MED) Forsake þiself, resigne up þiself, & þou shalt fruisshe gret pes.

c1550 Clariodus (1830) iv. 1480 Scho hir heart sa fare had donne resing Unto hir knight, that [etc.].

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 130 [She] will not..resigne up her selfe to God.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 148 Was shee made thy guide,..that to her Thou did'st resigne thy Manhood.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 235 He resigned himself entirely to the Order of his Parents, and particularly in their professionary Disposition of him.

1751 Doddridge in Paraph. Ch. Scot. xliv. 5 To thee, as to our cov'nant God, We'll our whole selves resign.

1836 Family Mag. 4 173/1 Chilled with cold, he had resigned himself to God, in expectation of a lingering death.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 79 He..vows to resign himself to her direction.

1896 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 13 June 5/3 She resigned herself to the hands of the nurse.

1910 P. V. Mighels Furnace of Gold viii. 71 Beth..resigned herself to Elsa's care, bade Van good-night, and left him standing in the rain before the door.

1979 P. Erb tr. J. Arndt True Christianity ii. 204 Man..must resign himself to God and deny his own will.

2001 Observer (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Escape section) 6 I resigned myself to her dextrous ministrations and even fell into a dazed trance as she kneaded me with incredible strength.

c. transitive. Usually with to. To subordinate (one's will, reason, etc.) entirely to that of another person.

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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > one's will, etc., in favour of another

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?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste iii. xiv. f. lxxix^v Thou fearest to resigne thy wyll hooly to an other mannes wyll.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. E Amongst our hands, he must his witts resing, A holy trance to highest heauen him bring.

1647 A. Cowley Soule in Mistresse iii If my Will do not resign All her Liberty to thine.

c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §27 Those who always resign their judgment to the last man they heard or read.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. i. 13 It is a lazy modesty to resign the reason God has conferred upon us.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 130 To..Resign our own and seek our Maker's will.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. xl. 66 It being..profoundly dark, we resigned our reason to the horses' instinct to take us where they listed.

1876 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 454 A man who has resigned his reason into the hands of another may be indefinitely misled.

1883 E. Martin Leo's Poet. Wks. 23 She resigned her will, still trusting To the mercy of God's call.

1957 R. Langbaum Poetry of Experience iv. 149 He has resigned his will to her and can blame her for his moral failure in art.

1997 H. P. Boyer tr. M. de Zayas Disenchantments of Love ix. 325 She entrusted herself to God, placing herself in His hands and resigning her will to His.

d. transitive (reflexive). To reconcile oneself to an unavoidable (and usually unwanted or unappealing) prospect, outcome, course of action, etc. Also (now rare) with infinitive as object.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (reflexive)] > become resigned to circumstances

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1654 W. Herbert Of Internal & Eternal Nature 37 If he himself [sc. Christ] had not suffered, Abel could never have yielded and resigned himself to suffer.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xxi. 277 As it was impossible..to prevent their coming, Lady Middleton resigned herself to the idea of it, with all the philosophy of a well bred woman.

1833 tr. Duchess of Berri in La Vendée 17 Riots in the metropolis had..served as a protest against it, but ministers had resigned themselves to having the riots put down with grape-shot.

1839 C. M. Sedgwick Means & Ends xiii. 120 I was determined..to make my husband and children comfortable, and I resigned myself to being a household drudge for the rest of my life.

1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell ii. 265 She smiles in spite of herself, and resigns herself to indulge him a little.

1913 T. Baker tr. V. D'Indy Beethoven vi. 108 At the instance of his publishers, he resigned himself to have it issued separately.

1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 171 I had resigned myself to not being able to add a Golden Cat to the collection.

1988 D. Madden Birds of Innocent Wood iii. 60 Ellen was resigning herself to a husband who was second choice.

2007 N.Y. Times 17 June ii. 1/1 Older stars..once had to resign themselves to playing frustrated spinsters or docile moms.

e. transitive. To give (oneself, one's mind, etc.) up to a particular emotion, state, or circumstance.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give (one's mind, etc.) up to some condition

resign1718

to make up one's mind1821

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 590 Æneas..for a Space resign'd To tender Pity all his manly Mind.

1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 16 They did not so absolutely resign themselves up to a solitary Life, as to be entirely regardless of their neighbours.

1791 W. Cowper Retirem. 61 I will resign myself to rest.

1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence I. xiii. 239 She gave up the subject as inexplicable, and resigned her mind to the sweet fancies awakened by a dewy moonlight evening.

1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 352/1 I sat down..and covering my face, resigned myself to perfect misery.

1918 J. Gregory Joyous Trouble Maker 56 Steele, resigning himself utterly to..pure joy.., greeted them with a second volley of laughter.

1934 R. H. B. Lockhart Retreat from Glory (U.S. ed.) iii. viii. 246 During my last two years I had lost all faith in myself and had resigned myself to a kind of composed despair.

2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. (Mag.) 20 [He] vows revenge and finally resigns himself to private grief.

†4. transitive. To desist, refrain, or shrink from; to turn from, give over, forswear. Obsolete.Quot. 1590 may instead show rescind v. (compare forms at that entry).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 25 Thei dreden shame and vices þei resigne.

c1450 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 118 (MED) Nowe blessyd be this lord benynge, That nolde his cruelle dethe resynge But for man-kynde to dye endynge.

1492 J. Ryman Poems xlix, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1892) 89 215 Now is tyme for to inclyne To vertue and synne to resyne.

a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (Rawl. Poet.) (1912) l. 6183 (MED) Of þis and more right a grete tall Myne autor seyth, which shall not fyne; Hem to reherse I will resyne.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn2 Whom when the Gyaunt saw, he soone resinde His former suit, and from them fled apace.

5. intransitive. To submit oneself, yield, give way to a person or thing; to reconcile oneself to. Now rare.In quot. a1500 without preposition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > become resigned

resigna1500

reconcile1666

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 113 (MED) Somme resigneþ, but with som excepcion, for þei trust not fully to god.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 59 Vile earth too earth resigne, end motion here.

1667 S. Woodford Paraphr. Psalms David cxli. 413 And when the day resigns to night, Let it again receive new light.

1701 T. Gataker Prelim. Disc. 24 in J. Collier tr. Marcus Aurelius Conversat. with Himself That we should..resign to his Wisdom, and adore his Goodness.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxx. 173 I will hope still the best, and resign to God's Will, and his.

1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert I. 288 Sophia and Emily Selwyn endeavoured to resign to their destiny.

1827 Examiner 325/2 The sun is resigning to the softer sway of the moon.

1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing ii. 16 People..take every disease as a matter of course, to be ‘resigned to’.

1952 W. C. Williams Build-up xxxii. 334 At the moment he became emotionally entirely dependent on her, he resigned to her completely.

1972 W. Kaufmann Beyond Green World of Childhood 64 Inwardly..he had resigned to the fact that most mathematical problems would always be beyond him.

6. intransitive. To make surrender or relinquishment; to yield. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > make relinquishment [verb (intransitive)]

to take leavelOE

resign1602

to jack up1870

chuckc1879

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L Come, resigne: Though 'twere your great Graund-fathers, the Law ha's made it mine now, Sir.

1609 R. Armin Ital. Taylor sig. G^v As it is the price of cure I willingly resigne, And do my mayden life assure I owe, what else is mine.

1676 E. Settle Conquest of China by Tartars iii. iii. 30 Orund. Will you Resign?— Alcind. Resign!—I'le yeeld you shall Have all Quitazo 's breast can grant ye.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) cxxxix. ii Thy Voice would break the Bars of Death, And make the Grave resign.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems viii. 9 Now she resigns thee; child, do thou resign no less.

1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 75 ‘Die or resign, Jack Donahoe!’ they [sc. police] shouted in their joy.

†7. transitive. To part from, quit. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1823 A. Radcliffe Moonlight in Gaston de Blondeville (1826) IV. 251 Who, silent, watch the bark the coast resign, The Pharos lessen, and the mountains fade.

8. Chess.

a. transitive. To concede (a game) in defeat before being placed in checkmate.Resignation may be indicated by tipping over or laying one's king down on the board.

ΚΠ

1825 London Mag. May 102 White resigned the game.

1880 W. Cook Chess Primer vi. 41 Good players resign a hopeless game.

1951 Manch. Guardian 1 Jan. 6/3 It is to his credit that he resigned the game as soon as it appeared to be positionally lost.

2007 P. Hoffman King's Gambit 29 The boy returned to the board and saw that I had won his queen. He gasped, resigned the game and left abruptly.

b. intransitive. To concede defeat in a game.

ΚΠ

1836 W. G. Walker Select. Games at Chess i. 28 Q. takes Q. Kt. P. And Mr. d'A. resigns.

1880 W. Cook Chess Primer vi. 41 Black by his oversight loses a clear Rook and resigns.

1921 Times 12 Apr. 8/4 On the resumption of the tenth game between Capablanca and Lasker for the world's chess championship, the latter resigned after the 68th move.

1949 Mod. Lang. Notes 64 261 He resigned in despair, much as might a modern master after a similar loss.

1997 Daily Tel. 6 May 1/2 Kasparov could have drawn the second game but resigned too early.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	resign
释义	resignn. Brit. /rᵻˈzʌɪn/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪn/, /riˈzaɪn/ Forms: see resign v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: resign v.¹ Etymology: < resign v.¹ Compare Middle French (Walloon) resigne (c1380 in an isolated attestation). Compare earlier resignation n., resigning n. rare. Resignation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] resignationc1380 resigning1395 upgivingc1423 cessionc1440 delivery?c1452 resign1457 remittinga1475 resignment1543 surrendry1547 resignal?1573 quittancea1593 relinquishment1593 delinquishment1603 abandon1614 surrendering1648 untaking1657 permission1677 vacating1820 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] resignationa1387 surceasingc1435 resign1457 cessationa1464 dimissiona1513 demission1577 cession1608 avoidance1642 retirement1648 cess1689 cesser1689 resigning1743 retiring1808 retiral1840 inkyo1871 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office > resigning or laying down office resignationa1387 surceasingc1435 resign1457 dimissiona1513 demission1577 resigning1743 inkyo1871 1457 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 122 This ressyng the said Thom Dekyson mayd with this condission. 1639 G. Chapman & J. Shirley Trag. Chabot v. sig. H3^v My free Resigne of title, office,..would buy my poore lives safety. 1640 J. Shirley Coronation iv. sig. G^v You have gain'd more in a royall brother Then you could lose by your resigne of Epire. 1910 J. A. Lomax Cowboy Songs 11 It was a pistol shot that lay Pete out, It was his last resign. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). resignv.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈzʌɪn/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪn/, /riˈzaɪn/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s resine, Middle English–1500s resygne, Middle English–1500s resyne, Middle English–1600s resigne, Middle English– resign, 1500s reasygne, 1500s resygn; Scottish pre-1700 rasign, pre-1700 resigne, pre-1700 ressign, pre-1700 ressygn, pre-1700 ressyne, pre-1700 resygn, pre-1700 resyne, pre-1700 1700s– resign. β. Middle English resingne, Middle English resyngn, Middle English resyngne; Scottish pre-1700 rasingne, pre-1700 resingne, pre-1700 resyngne. γ. late Middle English ressyng, late Middle English resyng, late Middle English resynge; Scottish pre-1700 rasing, pre-1700 rasyng, pre-1700 reseinge, pre-1700 resing, pre-1700 resinge, pre-1700 ressyng, pre-1700 resyng. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French resigner; Latin resignāre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resigner, resingner, Middle French resiner, resyner, Middle French, French résigner to desist from, refrain from, forswear (something) (c1223 in Old French, originally in resigner son pechié to give up one's sin), to relinquish, give up (an office (especially an ecclesiastical benefice), or claim, right, etc.) (1261), to give up, surrender (something) to (a person) (1263), to consign, make over, deliver up (a thing) to (a person) (c1285 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to give up an office or position (1316, originally in resiner du siege de Romme (of the Pope) to resign from the See of Rome), (reflexive) to submit to (an unavoidable event) (1690) and its etymon classical Latin resignāre to unseal, to loosen, open, to remove from concealment, expose to view, to disclose, to hand over, give up, in post-classical Latin also to give up an office (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < re- re- prefix + signāre sign v.¹ Compare slightly earlier resignation n.Compare Old Occitan resignar , Catalan resignar (both 14th cent.), Spanish resignar (late 15th cent.), Portuguese resignar (a1575), Italian rassegnare (late 13th cent. in sense ‘to consign, send, present (a thing) to (a person)’, a1400 used reflexively in sense ‘to submit to (something inevitable or the will of another person)’; also †rissegnare ). With the reflexive use in quots. a1500, 1642 at sense 3b compare Middle French se resigner à Dieu , in same sense (1541 in Calvin). With the form history compare discussion at reign n. 1. a. transitive. To relinquish, give up (an office, position, right, claim, etc.); to yield (a position, right, etc.) to another person. Formerly also with †up. Also figurative.When used metonymically, with the insignia of an office, etc., as object, the meaning is often hard to distinguish from sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another i-taechec888 outreacheOE sellc950 beteacha1000 areachc1000 turnc1175 handsellc1225 betakec1250 deliverc1300 beken1330 yielda1382 disposec1384 resigna1387 livera1400 to turn overa1425 deputea1440 overgive1444 quit?c1450 surrend1450 surrender1466 renderc1480 to give over1483 despose1485 refer1547 to pass over1560 to set over1585 behight1590 tip1610 consign1632 delegate1633 skink1637 to hand over1644 delate1651 to turn off1667 to turn in1822 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position) resigna1387 to leave up1422 depone1533 surcease1552 dimit1563 demit1567 to lay downa1715 ankle1936 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give in or submit to action, treatment, or events undergoc1175 give place1382 receivec1384 obeyc1390 to go under ——a1400 servec1400 underliec1400 submitc1425 subscribe1560 resign1593 stoop1611 to let loose1667 to qualify on1753 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 415 (MED) Clement..resignede [L. cessit] his dignite to Linus and aftirward to Cletus. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 162 (MED) Y resyngn op þe crone of þe reaume of Engeland into þe Popis Hande. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 64 Þei..resignen not here benefis goten þus by symonye. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 93 But these same..leften here honour and resigned her right. 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Biij If he repent not and reasygne vp hys offyce which he can not execute. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 573 To whom their living they resigned quight For a few pence. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. G^v Her eyes..resigne their office, and their light, To the disposing of her troubled braine. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 767 Sigebert..resigned vp his kingdome. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 27 The Baptist..would have resign'd To him his Heavenly Office. View more context for this quotation 1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 31 Thebes would blush, should I resign my Scepter for fear of the Mycenæan spears. 1732 H. Fielding Lottery (ed. 2) iii. 34 Resign over all Pretensions in her to me. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 158 I..should have resigned all my places one after another. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 143 Would age in thee resign his wintry reign, And youth invigorate that frame again. 1814 Monthly Repos. Mar. 155/1 The Society possessing no legal jurisdiction over any individuals after due notice that they have resigned their membership. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 348 Upon his resigning the great seal. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 92 The see of York, the ancient claims of which to equality with Canterbury he was forced to resign. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 339/2 Non-commissioned officers are not allowed to resign their situation to escape trial by court-martial. 1900 ‘Thormanby’ Boxers & their Battles ii. 11 If he refused to fight he would brand him as a coward and call upon him publicly to resign the title which he was afraid to defend. 1916 R. Herrick World Decision I. v. 89 Mayor of Rome, he had that afternoon resigned his position in order to join the army. 1927 W. E. Peck Shelley II. xiv. 63 Cottius, having resigned his throne to Rome and accepted a Roman prefectorship. 1985 G. Eaton Islam & Destiny of Man viii. 146 The agreement drawn up when Hasan resigned his claim [to the caliphate]. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xxvii. 425 I should resign my fellowship and be presented with a college living. b. intransitive. To give up an office or position; to terminate one's employment, tenure, membership, etc., of one's own free will. In later use also with from (originally U.S.).Now rarely used with reference to the renunciation of sovereignty by a monarch, the more usual word in this context being abdicate.In quot. 1395 with qualifying adverbial phrase. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] resign1395 recede1452 retirec1598 to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625 to go out1642 to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 to make one's bowa1656 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 vacate1812 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to stand down1926 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] > abdicate resign1395 abdicate1625 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign resign1395 resignate1531 to go out1642 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 to turn up1819 to pull the pin1860 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to snatch it or one's time1941 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 145 (MED) If grete men seyn that it suffisith to saluacioun to resigne to God..and performe truli here gostli office in al here lif, though this were soth, it semeth not siker neithir spedeful now. ?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 43 (MED) Her procuratours to resigne, and yelde vp vnto kyng Richard her homage and ffewte that they hadde made and ouht to hym byfore. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 76 (MED) He resynyd, and Edwarde his sone..was crounyd at Westemyster. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 688/1 He is contented to resyne, but he demaundeth to great a pencyon. 1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 180 I thought you had been willing to resigne? 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 819 Being found unfit..because he was a fosterer of faction, he resign'd. 1744 H. Walpole Lett. II. 3 Lord Granville has resigned: that is the term. 1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 113 Of those offices..in which each College had a professor, the half was to be suppressed; one of these professors..resigning in favour of his colleague. 1835 B. Elliott & M. Strobel Militia Syst. S.-Carolina p. lxi A private in any Volunteer Corps of Cavalry, Infantry or Artillery, disposed to resign from such Corps, must give six months previous notice thereof. 1848 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 246 On the 21st, the King resigned in favour of his son. 1867 Southern Jrnl. Med. Sci. Aug. 393 The Obstetrical Society of London has expelled him from its membership, and he has been forced to resign from the London Medical Society. 1926 G. B. Shaw Translations & Tomfooleries 235 My brothers said I ought to resign from my clubs. 1971 C. Bukowski Post Office (2000) iv. i. 135 No, Mr. Winters, you turned down my request... This time there can't be any turndown. Or I will resign. 1980 Times 20 Aug. 1/2 Mr A. J. P. Taylor resigned from the British Academy over what he described as a witch hunt by some members to remove Professor Anthony Blunt. 2007 U.S. News & World Rep. 16 Apr. 22/1 Once hailed for presiding over a marked decline in crime, Chicago's top cop..resigned in shame last week. c. transitive. To cause or (in later use esp.) compel (a person) to give up an office or position.rare before late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 286 That party made their braggs that they would resigne Arlington at his Returne. 1984 E. Crawley House Divided iv. 70 ‘You will resign before General Ramirez arrives.’ ‘And if I refuse?’ ‘If you refuse, we have orders to throw you out of the window.’ Once we had ‘resigned’ him, Ramírez arrived. 1986 Auckland Metro Feb. 50/3 [He] left the Lion Corporation one year ago after, as Myers puts it, ‘he was resigned’. 2002 Independent 27 Feb. ii. 3/2 Mr Blair must unilaterally resign Mr Byers, as the new phrase goes. 2. transitive. More generally: to relinquish, surrender, yield, give up (to a person, or into a person's hands). Formerly also with †up. a. To hand over (a physical object, a possession, an asset, etc.); to give up ownership of or claim to (something in one's possession or charge); to cede. ΚΠ 1389 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 16 And all the landys the qwhylkys..Scyr Dauy gef & resignyt vp in hys ourelardys handys. 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 3036 Whosoeuyr hath ony possessioun Longyng to my cherch..I wil now charge hem..That þei resyne hem withouten condicioun. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 202 (MED) Elenore..resinid & quiet-claimyd vtturli..to þe house of seint Iohn baptiste of Godestowe..iiij d. of rente. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 713 That all Northumberland And Cumbria he sould frelie resing, Into the handis of this Dauid king. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 176 Take but my shame, And I resigne my gage. View more context for this quotation 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 207 The Duke exhorted Tristan Vaz with many reasons to resigne the forte. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 4 Resigne then what thou owest, or forbeare, To taxe our credits when our skore's not cleere. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 749 Desirous to resigne, and render back All I receav'd. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills 38 The late A——B——p..stipulated with the Tenant to resign up twenty or thirty Acres to the Minister of the Parish. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 347 The divorced wife resigned the bunch of keys, by the delivery of which she had been invested with the government of the family. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlvi. 73 The commonwealth was required..to resign a great part of its foreign possessions. 1851 S. G. Goodrich Hist. All Nations II. cccxlii. 761/1 The request was granted, on condition that they would resign their arms. 1903 W. E. Leonard Lord Leonard the Luckless 95 I have it in me to resign all my worldly possessions at a given moment to my next of kin and disappear. 1978 16th Cent. Jrnl. 9 82 Exactly what led these individuals to resign their new lands cannot be explicitly stated. 2005 K. B. Gevirtz Life after Death i. 16 She..has been..forced to resign her property in favor of the aristocratic family that held it before her late husband obtained it. b. To relinquish responsibility for, give up, abandon (a task, charge, etc.).In quot. 1513: to leave it to another to recount (a matter). ΚΠ a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 84 But now fordullid be impotence of age,..My labour up of writyng I resigne. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 211 All sic crymes in luffis caus I resing To the confessioun of morall Ihon Gower. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe vii. 5 Hee did conclude all duety to resigne, To faire Parthenophe. 1635 D. Lindsay in Funerals P. Forbes sig. ¶¶4^v I will resigne this taske to some Maron'an pen. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 688 Suspicion sleeps At wisdoms Gate, and to simplicitie Resigns her charge. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 378 To you the glorious Conflict I resign. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 551 Then why resign into a stranger's hand A task as much within your own command? View more context for this quotation 1806 Churchman's Mag. Dec. 469 After continuing here in the ministry about six years, he resigned his charge of the parish, and removed to Rye. 1825 F. Glasse Ned Clinton III. xvii. 109 All these efforts proving ineffectual, the lieutenant determined, ere he resigned the task, to try another experiment or two. 1926 S. Dill Rom. Soc. Merovingian Age I. v. 192 The childless Childebert was ready to adopt him, but on the demand of Chlothar resigned his charge. 1987 Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. He resigned the task, having failed to make any headway with his proposal. 2005 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 5 The Rev Nelson remained at Chapelhall until May 2003, when he resigned his charge. c. To give up (one's being, soul, etc.), to depart from (life). Now rare. ΚΠ a1439 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 1960 To goddis most benigne With riht hool herte my sperit I resigne. 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 205 Of natures lawe is learned, life to be taken and resigned, & no man dye, but he whiche haue liued. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 191 What should I don this Roabe..to daie, To morrow yeeld vp rule, resigne my life. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour v. ii. 65 If Blood you seek, I will my own resign. 1673 J. Milton Sonnets xiv, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Meekly thou didst resign this earthy load Of Death, call'd Life. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 133. ⁋5 Noble and Heroick Minds that have resigned this Being. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 317 (note) He resigned a life, which had been singularly devoted to the welfare of his country. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 59 That done, My soul, which is a scourge, will I resign Into the hands of him who wielded it. 1862 Era 7 Dec. 10/4 He gradually sank till..he peacefully resigned his last breath. 1898 J. W. Howe From Sunset Ridge 95 No man shall touch my lips..Save he who claims my wedded hand: Rather will I resign my breath, And yield my pulses where I stand. 1944 Calif. Folklore Q. 3 157 The officiating priest..displays to the people the lifeless body of the eagle, which has voluntarily resigned his life. d. To give up on, abandon (something aimed at or desired, a wish, a hope, etc.). ΚΠ 1615 R. Rogers Comm. Bk. Judges liv. 422 Assuerus..promised to giue her what she requested..: but she was content to resigne her hope and aduantage that way, and turned the fauour she found with the King, to the aduancing of Gods worship. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 32 The praise of artful Numbers I resign. 1714 L. Eusden Verses Cambr. 11 My Lawrel'd Hopes I willingly resign, Give me but Flavia—take the tuneful Nine. 1736 T. Gray Let. 8 May in Corr. T. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 3 The palm despair'd resign. 1833 M. M. Busk Hist. Spain & Portugal II. iv. 106/1 He had been unwillingly induced..to resign his wish to espouse his young step-mother. 1885 Mind 10 525 We are content to resign the larger hope of catching glimpses of an ocean of eternal being. 1916 R. H. Fife German Empire between Two Wars iii. 63 Germany..accepted a settlement with France which resigned hopes of a foothold on the West African coast. 2007 R. C. Roberts Spiritual Emotions x. 149 I can resign the desire of my youth to be one of the greatest philosophers of my age without spoiling anything really noble in myself. 3. a. transitive. To consign, make over, deliver up to a person, thing, circumstance, etc. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 682 To the feend I thee resigne. 1561 R. Norvell Myroure of ane Christiane f. 61 My supplicatione I resing Onlie to Thé, and my intent I do present. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 11 Whether he would haue the care of the commonwealth..resigned to the retorting of T.C. his unreuerent railings. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 301 So Law appears..but giv'n With purpose to resign them in full time Up to a better Cov'nant. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 53 The light Stubble, to the Flames resign'd, Is driv'n along, and crackles in the Wind. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vi. 123 His two Brethren..for ever discarded from his House, and resigned to the wide World. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 79 Mr. Burchell..resigned her up to the chaplain. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. viii. 39 Had I resigned you to his will, I should have remained secure. 1859 W. C. Bryant in Christian Guest No. 31. 367/1 Then to the sleep I crave Resign me. 1899 Amer. Angler June 172/1 The Professor praised the rod..and seemed reluctant to resign it to me. 1945 M. Zucker Philos. Amer. Hist. xx. 717 The North..sought to forget the Negro and resigned him to a fate scarcely better than slavery. 2004 A. G. Harmon Eternal Bonds, True Contracts iii. 75 This results in a flouting of nature's laws, leaving the world with no standard and resigning it to a state of inconstancy and turmoil. b. transitive. Usually with to. To yield up (oneself, one's heart, etc.) with confidence to another person for care or guidance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another givea1000 beteachc1000 teachc1000 betake1297 trust1340 bekena1375 commenda1382 putc1390 recommanda1393 commitc1405 recommendc1405 resignc1425 allot1473 commise1474 commanda1500 consign1528 in charge (of)1548 credit1559 incommend1574 entrusta1586 aret1590 be-giftc1590 concredit1593 betrust1619 concrede1643 subcommit1681 to farm out1786 confide1861 fide1863 doorstep1945 to foster out1960 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 2640 (MED) I hooly resigne Herte, body..In-to ȝour hond. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 1886 (MED) With louyng chere and face benigne Hir hert to him she did resigne. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 113 (MED) Forsake þiself, resigne up þiself, & þou shalt fruisshe gret pes. c1550 Clariodus (1830) iv. 1480 Scho hir heart sa fare had donne resing Unto hir knight, that [etc.]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 130 [She] will not..resigne up her selfe to God. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 148 Was shee made thy guide,..that to her Thou did'st resigne thy Manhood. View more context for this quotation 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 235 He resigned himself entirely to the Order of his Parents, and particularly in their professionary Disposition of him. 1751 Doddridge in Paraph. Ch. Scot. xliv. 5 To thee, as to our cov'nant God, We'll our whole selves resign. 1836 Family Mag. 4 173/1 Chilled with cold, he had resigned himself to God, in expectation of a lingering death. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 79 He..vows to resign himself to her direction. 1896 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 13 June 5/3 She resigned herself to the hands of the nurse. 1910 P. V. Mighels Furnace of Gold viii. 71 Beth..resigned herself to Elsa's care, bade Van good-night, and left him standing in the rain before the door. 1979 P. Erb tr. J. Arndt True Christianity ii. 204 Man..must resign himself to God and deny his own will. 2001 Observer (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Escape section) 6 I resigned myself to her dextrous ministrations and even fell into a dazed trance as she kneaded me with incredible strength. c. transitive. Usually with to. To subordinate (one's will, reason, etc.) entirely to that of another person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > one's will, etc., in favour of another resign?1531 ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste iii. xiv. f. lxxix^v Thou fearest to resigne thy wyll hooly to an other mannes wyll. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. E Amongst our hands, he must his witts resing, A holy trance to highest heauen him bring. 1647 A. Cowley Soule in Mistresse iii If my Will do not resign All her Liberty to thine. c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §27 Those who always resign their judgment to the last man they heard or read. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. i. 13 It is a lazy modesty to resign the reason God has conferred upon us. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 130 To..Resign our own and seek our Maker's will. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. xl. 66 It being..profoundly dark, we resigned our reason to the horses' instinct to take us where they listed. 1876 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 454 A man who has resigned his reason into the hands of another may be indefinitely misled. 1883 E. Martin Leo's Poet. Wks. 23 She resigned her will, still trusting To the mercy of God's call. 1957 R. Langbaum Poetry of Experience iv. 149 He has resigned his will to her and can blame her for his moral failure in art. 1997 H. P. Boyer tr. M. de Zayas Disenchantments of Love ix. 325 She entrusted herself to God, placing herself in His hands and resigning her will to His. d. transitive (reflexive). To reconcile oneself to an unavoidable (and usually unwanted or unappealing) prospect, outcome, course of action, etc. Also (now rare) with infinitive as object. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (reflexive)] > become resigned to circumstances resign1654 reconcile1677 1654 W. Herbert Of Internal & Eternal Nature 37 If he himself [sc. Christ] had not suffered, Abel could never have yielded and resigned himself to suffer. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xxi. 277 As it was impossible..to prevent their coming, Lady Middleton resigned herself to the idea of it, with all the philosophy of a well bred woman. View more context for this quotation 1833 tr. Duchess of Berri in La Vendée 17 Riots in the metropolis had..served as a protest against it, but ministers had resigned themselves to having the riots put down with grape-shot. 1839 C. M. Sedgwick Means & Ends xiii. 120 I was determined..to make my husband and children comfortable, and I resigned myself to being a household drudge for the rest of my life. 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell ii. 265 She smiles in spite of herself, and resigns herself to indulge him a little. 1913 T. Baker tr. V. D'Indy Beethoven vi. 108 At the instance of his publishers, he resigned himself to have it issued separately. 1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 171 I had resigned myself to not being able to add a Golden Cat to the collection. 1988 D. Madden Birds of Innocent Wood iii. 60 Ellen was resigning herself to a husband who was second choice. 2007 N.Y. Times 17 June ii. 1/1 Older stars..once had to resign themselves to playing frustrated spinsters or docile moms. e. transitive. To give (oneself, one's mind, etc.) up to a particular emotion, state, or circumstance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give (one's mind, etc.) up to some condition resign1718 to make up one's mind1821 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 590 Æneas..for a Space resign'd To tender Pity all his manly Mind. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 16 They did not so absolutely resign themselves up to a solitary Life, as to be entirely regardless of their neighbours. 1791 W. Cowper Retirem. 61 I will resign myself to rest. 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence I. xiii. 239 She gave up the subject as inexplicable, and resigned her mind to the sweet fancies awakened by a dewy moonlight evening. 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 352/1 I sat down..and covering my face, resigned myself to perfect misery. 1918 J. Gregory Joyous Trouble Maker 56 Steele, resigning himself utterly to..pure joy.., greeted them with a second volley of laughter. 1934 R. H. B. Lockhart Retreat from Glory (U.S. ed.) iii. viii. 246 During my last two years I had lost all faith in myself and had resigned myself to a kind of composed despair. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. (Mag.) 20 [He] vows revenge and finally resigns himself to private grief. †4. transitive. To desist, refrain, or shrink from; to turn from, give over, forswear. Obsolete.Quot. 1590 may instead show rescind v. (compare forms at that entry). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 25 Thei dreden shame and vices þei resigne. c1450 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 118 (MED) Nowe blessyd be this lord benynge, That nolde his cruelle dethe resynge But for man-kynde to dye endynge. 1492 J. Ryman Poems xlix, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1892) 89 215 Now is tyme for to inclyne To vertue and synne to resyne. a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (Rawl. Poet.) (1912) l. 6183 (MED) Of þis and more right a grete tall Myne autor seyth, which shall not fyne; Hem to reherse I will resyne. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn2 Whom when the Gyaunt saw, he soone resinde His former suit, and from them fled apace. 5. intransitive. To submit oneself, yield, give way to a person or thing; to reconcile oneself to. Now rare.In quot. a1500 without preposition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > become resigned resigna1500 reconcile1666 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 113 (MED) Somme resigneþ, but with som excepcion, for þei trust not fully to god. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 59 Vile earth too earth resigne, end motion here. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Woodford Paraphr. Psalms David cxli. 413 And when the day resigns to night, Let it again receive new light. 1701 T. Gataker Prelim. Disc. 24 in J. Collier tr. Marcus Aurelius Conversat. with Himself That we should..resign to his Wisdom, and adore his Goodness. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxx. 173 I will hope still the best, and resign to God's Will, and his. 1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert I. 288 Sophia and Emily Selwyn endeavoured to resign to their destiny. 1827 Examiner 325/2 The sun is resigning to the softer sway of the moon. 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing ii. 16 People..take every disease as a matter of course, to be ‘resigned to’. 1952 W. C. Williams Build-up xxxii. 334 At the moment he became emotionally entirely dependent on her, he resigned to her completely. 1972 W. Kaufmann Beyond Green World of Childhood 64 Inwardly..he had resigned to the fact that most mathematical problems would always be beyond him. 6. intransitive. To make surrender or relinquishment; to yield. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > make relinquishment [verb (intransitive)] to take leavelOE resign1602 to jack up1870 chuckc1879 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L Come, resigne: Though 'twere your great Graund-fathers, the Law ha's made it mine now, Sir. View more context for this quotation 1609 R. Armin Ital. Taylor sig. G^v As it is the price of cure I willingly resigne, And do my mayden life assure I owe, what else is mine. 1676 E. Settle Conquest of China by Tartars iii. iii. 30 Orund. Will you Resign?— Alcind. Resign!—I'le yeeld you shall Have all Quitazo 's breast can grant ye. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) cxxxix. ii Thy Voice would break the Bars of Death, And make the Grave resign. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems viii. 9 Now she resigns thee; child, do thou resign no less. 1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 75 ‘Die or resign, Jack Donahoe!’ they [sc. police] shouted in their joy. †7. transitive. To part from, quit. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1823 A. Radcliffe Moonlight in Gaston de Blondeville (1826) IV. 251 Who, silent, watch the bark the coast resign, The Pharos lessen, and the mountains fade. 8. Chess. a. transitive. To concede (a game) in defeat before being placed in checkmate.Resignation may be indicated by tipping over or laying one's king down on the board. ΚΠ 1825 London Mag. May 102 White resigned the game. 1880 W. Cook Chess Primer vi. 41 Good players resign a hopeless game. 1951 Manch. Guardian 1 Jan. 6/3 It is to his credit that he resigned the game as soon as it appeared to be positionally lost. 2007 P. Hoffman King's Gambit 29 The boy returned to the board and saw that I had won his queen. He gasped, resigned the game and left abruptly. b. intransitive. To concede defeat in a game. ΚΠ 1836 W. G. Walker Select. Games at Chess i. 28 Q. takes Q. Kt. P. And Mr. d'A. resigns. 1880 W. Cook Chess Primer vi. 41 Black by his oversight loses a clear Rook and resigns. 1921 Times 12 Apr. 8/4 On the resumption of the tenth game between Capablanca and Lasker for the world's chess championship, the latter resigned after the 68th move. 1949 Mod. Lang. Notes 64 261 He resigned in despair, much as might a modern master after a similar loss. 1997 Daily Tel. 6 May 1/2 Kasparov could have drawn the second game but resigned too early. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † resignv.² Forms: 1500s–1600s resigne. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin resignāre. Etymology: < classical Latin resignāre to unseal (see resign v.¹). Obsolete. rare. transitive. To unseal; to disclose, reveal. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 19^v A girdell hauing seuen keyes and seuen seales, in token of his [sc. the Pope's] seuenfolde power..of binding, loosing, shutting, opening, sealing, resigning, and iudging. 1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets xxi. sig. C1 Whome with thine Angels Manna thou didst feede..When Moyses first thy statutes did resigne. 1616 Marlowe's Faustus sig. D3 Seuen golden seales fast sealed with seuen seales, In token of our seuen-fold power from heauen, To binde or loose, lock fast, condemne, or iudge, Resigne, or seale, or what so pleaseth vs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see also also refers to : re-signv.³ < n.1457v.¹a1387v.²1572 see also
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