resilev.

Brit.

/rᵻˈzʌɪl/, U.S.

/rəˈzaɪl/,

/riˈzaɪl/, Scottish English

/rᵻˈsʌil/,

/rᵻˈzʌil/

Forms: 1500s– resile, 1600s reseil; Scottish pre-1700 receill, pre-1700 recyll, pre-1700 reseile, pre-1700 reseill, pre-1700 resyle, pre-1700 resylle, pre-1700 1700s resill, pre-1700 1700s– resile.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French resiler; Latin resilīre.

Etymology: < Middle French resiler, Middle French, French †résilir (French résilier (1641), with change of conjugation) to draw back or distance oneself from an undertaking, contract, action, etc. (1501 as resiler , used transitively; 16th cent. used intransitively in résilir de ; the uses in senses 3 and 4, with reference to movement, are unparalleled in French) and its etymon classical Latin resilīre to jump back, to retire, withdraw, to recoil, shrink, to bounce back, rebound, to spring back, recoil, to return to a smaller size, in post-classical Latin also to go back on, repudiate (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < re- re- prefix + salīre to jump, leap (see salient adj.).

Chiefly Scottish in early use.

a. intransitive. To draw back, withdraw, or distance oneself from an undertaking, declaration, course of action, opinion, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action > back out

resile1529

to back out1807

duff1883

duck1896

punk1920

squib1938

bug1952

weasel1956

to wuss out1976

1529 State P. Hen. VIII I. 343 If the Quene wold herafter resile and goo back from that, she semeth nowe to be contented with.

1595 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 23 Promitting faytfullie..never to contravene the samin nor resill therfra.

1616 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 414 In respect of the allegeances proponit..his lordschip, as persewer, can nocht be hard to reseill fra this persute.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. B Let them resile from their violent proceedings.

1667 J. Wood in Naphtali sig. c8 It hath been said of me, that I have (in word at least) reseiled from my wonted Zeal for Presbyterial Government.

a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 46 The next day he resiled from the Writ he had sign'd.

1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. 174 A Promise to grant any Right that requires by the Nature thereof, or is agreed by the Parties, to be perfected in Writ, may be resiled from, till the Writ be sign'd, and delivered.

1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. ii. 104 A verbal renunciation of a tack in writing, may be resiled from, in the same manner, as a verbal tack, for more years than one.

1813 Examiner 22 Feb. 126/2 The noble family had too much real love of their country to resile from her service.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ix. 293 Much pains was taken on her that she might resile from that confession.

1861 A. A. Paton Res. Danube & Adriatic 130 The more Kossuth resiled from the Constitution.., the more Jellachich and the Comitia Regnorum adhered to the Pragmatic Sanction of last century.

1954 Mod. Law Rev. 17 452 If the bargain is oral, the father can, as the law stands, safely resile from it.

1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 11 Oct. The Government does not resile one iota from the capital gains tax.

2001 R. E. Elson Suharto ix. 260 Suharto's refusal to resile from his choice in the face of the military's earnest pleadings brought a crunching realisation to the army leadership that [etc.].

†b. intransitive. To recoil or retreat from something with aversion; to shrink from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > shrink or recoil

wondec897

blencha1250

shunta1250

scurnc1325

blenka1330

blinka1400

startc1400

shrink1508

blanch1572

swerve1573

shruga1577

flinch1578

recoil1582

budgea1616

shucka1620

smay1632

blunk1655

shudder1668

resile1678

skew1678

reluctate1833

1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity vi. §xiii. 94 As every unrighteous Action is witnessed against, and reproved by this Light and Seed, so, by such actions, it is hurt, wounded, and slain, and resiles or flees from them, even as the Flesh of Men flees from that, which is of a contrary nature to it.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 79 Read Duram and Calvin well, If from their reasons ye resile; I'le count you Sots.

1776 D. Hume My own Life in Ess. I. 6 The more I resiled from their excessive civilities, the more I was loaded with them.

1825 C. Butler Bk. Rom. Catholic Church 131 The pope resiled from the salutation.

1873 J. Hall Questions of Day viii. 101 So far from resiling from the prophecies,..we regard the volume of evidence furnished by them as ever accumulating with the lapse of time.

1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics ii. iii. 201 The modern mind has resiled from the pessimistic views of ethnic religions.

2. intransitive. Without construction: to draw back; to make a retraction, to recant; to renege. (In quot. 1889: to move back to a previously held position.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)]

wendOE

divert1430

to turn one's tale1525

relent1528

revolt1540

resile?a1597

crinkle1612

to throw in (or up) one's cards1688

to box the compass1714

to turn round1808

crawfish1848

to back down1849

duff1883

back-pedal1891

punk1920

back-track1947

to back off1961

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's opinion [verb (intransitive)] > back to original position

resile1889

?a1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (Edinb. Laing 447) l. 748 in Poems (1910) 54 Thairfoir now, na moir now, Lat him think to recyll.

1627 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) I. 43 He..needed not to subscribe the contract..but might lawfully resile.

1662 J. Ellis S. Austin Imitated 18 I was so weak as to resile and recal what I had said.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. vi. 62 Whereby a prejudice arises from the non-performance, the party resiling is liable in damages.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii^*. 271 A ‘sma' minute, to prevent parties frae resileing ’.

1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. ci. 565 But he thought it was too late to resile.

1889 Church Q. Rev. 27 351 It is impossible to specify any body of men of which so large a percentage has resiled as that of those who have become Roman Catholics during the period of which we are now speaking.

1910 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 11 157 Parties..might still resile, and if they did, could not be compelled to complete the marriage.

1966 R. Jenkins Byzantium xxv. 354 Protests poured into the Vatican: and Pope John resiled, and sent back Basil's commissioners empty-handed.

2005 V. Seth Two Lives (2006) iv. xii. 426 He had promised to retire several times but—to the great detriment of his health—resiled each time.

†a. intransitive. Of matter or an object: to recoil or rebound after contact with another. Also with from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > rebound > [verb (intransitive)]

to pilt up againa1200

bolt?c1225

rebounda1398

redoundc1500

stot1513

to strike upward1530

band1580

recoil1591

bound1597

result1598

retort1599

resile1641

bandy1658

resiliate1755

ricochet1804

reverberate1817

kick1832

dap1851

bounce1887

bank1962

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

runOE

withdraw1340

waivec1386

to pass from (also of, fro)c1449

recoil1481

to go back1530

recant1585

resile1641

shirk1778

renegea1849

slink1853

welsh1870

to throw over1891

1641 T. Urquhart Epigrams 4 The Dart Resiles from him, as from a brasen Wall.

1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule x. 139 For the rayes of Heat, or Spirits not being able to run their course, and carreer; by reason of the gross Medium and obstructions; do therefore resile and recoile on all hands.

1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion 43 The Particles which hit against one another, do not resile, but unite together.

1738 D. Kinneir New Ess. Nerves (new ed.) 102 An unequal velocity of particles will hinder and disturb their attractions, and by resiling from one another, cause an intestine motion, which prevents their union.

1805 Edinb. Rev. 7 81 The one by impinging on the other must be made to resile, according to the common laws of motion.

b. intransitive. Of an elastic substance or object: to return to an original position or extent after being stretched or compressed. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > be pliable [verb (intransitive)] > be elastic

resile1712

spring1869

1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 81 There needs no more for stretching forth the Proboscis thus contracted, but the Fibres to resile to their former Position.

1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) I. 362 The cake of caoutchouc, after being so condensed, resiles much more considerably than after the compressing action of the screw.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxiii. 374 The drainage tube is allowed slowly to resile towards the fixed end.

1900 J. J. Flather Dynamometers & Measurem. Power (ed. 2) iv. 135 The spring, by reason of transmitting a lesser strain, resiles to such length as may correspond to the reduced resistance.

4. intransitive. To turn back from a point reached. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course

turnc1275

to turn aboutc1330

repeata1382

to turn againc1384

to turn backc1425

re-turn1483

resore1486

to turn the backc1540

to turn round1560

to set back1803

resile1887

to break back1933

1887 S. Ferguson Ogham Inscript. 97 Reading up to this digit..and resiling thence.

1901 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 5 471 Small matter whether..we resile or go farther.

Derivatives

reˈsiling n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > withdrawal from an engagement or promise

retraction1550

resiling1644

retractation1654

resilience1656

backing-out1819

pull-out1825

back-out1829

resilement1830

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 102 The resileing of one partie contractor is not sufficient to void the contract.

1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 146 A resiling from the declaration made by the Non-subscribers in the Synod.

1822 C. Butler Reminisc. (ed. 3) 181 Mr. Pitt's resiling from the coalition..will be mentioned in the pages of history with universal commendation.

1954 E. W. R. Lumby Transfer of Power in India ii. 53 There was of course no question of its resiling from its objective.

2002 J. Leech Asymmetries of Confl. 44 The bombing of Serbia introduced a new factor: a resiling of public opinion in several NATO countries from the rawness of action.

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

单词	resile
释义	resilev. Brit. /rᵻˈzʌɪl/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪl/, /riˈzaɪl/, Scottish English /rᵻˈsʌil/, /rᵻˈzʌil/ Forms: 1500s– resile, 1600s reseil; Scottish pre-1700 receill, pre-1700 recyll, pre-1700 reseile, pre-1700 reseill, pre-1700 resyle, pre-1700 resylle, pre-1700 1700s resill, pre-1700 1700s– resile. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French resiler; Latin resilīre. Etymology: < Middle French resiler, Middle French, French †résilir (French résilier (1641), with change of conjugation) to draw back or distance oneself from an undertaking, contract, action, etc. (1501 as resiler , used transitively; 16th cent. used intransitively in résilir de ; the uses in senses 3 and 4, with reference to movement, are unparalleled in French) and its etymon classical Latin resilīre to jump back, to retire, withdraw, to recoil, shrink, to bounce back, rebound, to spring back, recoil, to return to a smaller size, in post-classical Latin also to go back on, repudiate (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < re- re- prefix + salīre to jump, leap (see salient adj.). Chiefly Scottish in early use. 1. a. intransitive. To draw back, withdraw, or distance oneself from an undertaking, declaration, course of action, opinion, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action > back out resile1529 to back out1807 duff1883 duck1896 punk1920 squib1938 bug1952 weasel1956 to wuss out1976 1529 State P. Hen. VIII I. 343 If the Quene wold herafter resile and goo back from that, she semeth nowe to be contented with. 1595 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 23 Promitting faytfullie..never to contravene the samin nor resill therfra. 1616 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 414 In respect of the allegeances proponit..his lordschip, as persewer, can nocht be hard to reseill fra this persute. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. B Let them resile from their violent proceedings. 1667 J. Wood in Naphtali sig. c8 It hath been said of me, that I have (in word at least) reseiled from my wonted Zeal for Presbyterial Government. a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 46 The next day he resiled from the Writ he had sign'd. 1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. 174 A Promise to grant any Right that requires by the Nature thereof, or is agreed by the Parties, to be perfected in Writ, may be resiled from, till the Writ be sign'd, and delivered. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. ii. 104 A verbal renunciation of a tack in writing, may be resiled from, in the same manner, as a verbal tack, for more years than one. 1813 Examiner 22 Feb. 126/2 The noble family had too much real love of their country to resile from her service. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ix. 293 Much pains was taken on her that she might resile from that confession. 1861 A. A. Paton Res. Danube & Adriatic 130 The more Kossuth resiled from the Constitution.., the more Jellachich and the Comitia Regnorum adhered to the Pragmatic Sanction of last century. 1954 Mod. Law Rev. 17 452 If the bargain is oral, the father can, as the law stands, safely resile from it. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 11 Oct. The Government does not resile one iota from the capital gains tax. 2001 R. E. Elson Suharto ix. 260 Suharto's refusal to resile from his choice in the face of the military's earnest pleadings brought a crunching realisation to the army leadership that [etc.]. †b. intransitive. To recoil or retreat from something with aversion; to shrink from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > shrink or recoil wondec897 blencha1250 shunta1250 scurnc1325 blenka1330 blinka1400 startc1400 shrink1508 blanch1572 swerve1573 shruga1577 flinch1578 recoil1582 budgea1616 shucka1620 smay1632 blunk1655 shudder1668 resile1678 skew1678 reluctate1833 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity vi. §xiii. 94 As every unrighteous Action is witnessed against, and reproved by this Light and Seed, so, by such actions, it is hurt, wounded, and slain, and resiles or flees from them, even as the Flesh of Men flees from that, which is of a contrary nature to it. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 79 Read Duram and Calvin well, If from their reasons ye resile; I'le count you Sots. 1776 D. Hume My own Life in Ess. I. 6 The more I resiled from their excessive civilities, the more I was loaded with them. 1825 C. Butler Bk. Rom. Catholic Church 131 The pope resiled from the salutation. 1873 J. Hall Questions of Day viii. 101 So far from resiling from the prophecies,..we regard the volume of evidence furnished by them as ever accumulating with the lapse of time. 1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics ii. iii. 201 The modern mind has resiled from the pessimistic views of ethnic religions. 2. intransitive. Without construction: to draw back; to make a retraction, to recant; to renege. (In quot. 1889: to move back to a previously held position.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] wendOE divert1430 to turn one's tale1525 relent1528 revolt1540 resile?a1597 crinkle1612 to throw in (or up) one's cards1688 to box the compass1714 to turn round1808 crawfish1848 to back down1849 duff1883 back-pedal1891 punk1920 back-track1947 to back off1961 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's opinion [verb (intransitive)] > back to original position resile1889 ?a1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (Edinb. Laing 447) l. 748 in Poems (1910) 54 Thairfoir now, na moir now, Lat him think to recyll. 1627 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) I. 43 He..needed not to subscribe the contract..but might lawfully resile. 1662 J. Ellis S. Austin Imitated 18 I was so weak as to resile and recal what I had said. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. vi. 62 Whereby a prejudice arises from the non-performance, the party resiling is liable in damages. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii^. 271 A ‘sma' minute, to prevent parties frae resileing ’. View more context for this quotation 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors* III. ci. 565 But he thought it was too late to resile. 1889 Church Q. Rev. 27 351 It is impossible to specify any body of men of which so large a percentage has resiled as that of those who have become Roman Catholics during the period of which we are now speaking. 1910 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 11 157 Parties..might still resile, and if they did, could not be compelled to complete the marriage. 1966 R. Jenkins Byzantium xxv. 354 Protests poured into the Vatican: and Pope John resiled, and sent back Basil's commissioners empty-handed. 2005 V. Seth Two Lives (2006) iv. xii. 426 He had promised to retire several times but—to the great detriment of his health—resiled each time. 3. †a. intransitive. Of matter or an object: to recoil or rebound after contact with another. Also with from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [verb (intransitive)] to pilt up againa1200 bolt?c1225 rebounda1398 redoundc1500 stot1513 to strike upward1530 band1580 recoil1591 bound1597 result1598 retort1599 resile1641 bandy1658 resiliate1755 ricochet1804 reverberate1817 kick1832 dap1851 bounce1887 bank1962 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise runOE withdraw1340 waivec1386 to pass from (also of, fro)c1449 recoil1481 to go back1530 recant1585 resile1641 shirk1778 renegea1849 slink1853 welsh1870 to throw over1891 1641 T. Urquhart Epigrams 4 The Dart Resiles from him, as from a brasen Wall. 1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule x. 139 For the rayes of Heat, or Spirits not being able to run their course, and carreer; by reason of the gross Medium and obstructions; do therefore resile and recoile on all hands. 1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion 43 The Particles which hit against one another, do not resile, but unite together. 1738 D. Kinneir New Ess. Nerves (new ed.) 102 An unequal velocity of particles will hinder and disturb their attractions, and by resiling from one another, cause an intestine motion, which prevents their union. 1805 Edinb. Rev. 7 81 The one by impinging on the other must be made to resile, according to the common laws of motion. b. intransitive. Of an elastic substance or object: to return to an original position or extent after being stretched or compressed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > be pliable [verb (intransitive)] > be elastic resile1712 spring1869 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 81 There needs no more for stretching forth the Proboscis thus contracted, but the Fibres to resile to their former Position. 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) I. 362 The cake of caoutchouc, after being so condensed, resiles much more considerably than after the compressing action of the screw. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxiii. 374 The drainage tube is allowed slowly to resile towards the fixed end. 1900 J. J. Flather Dynamometers & Measurem. Power (ed. 2) iv. 135 The spring, by reason of transmitting a lesser strain, resiles to such length as may correspond to the reduced resistance. 4. intransitive. To turn back from a point reached. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course turnc1275 to turn aboutc1330 repeata1382 to turn againc1384 to turn backc1425 re-turn1483 resore1486 to turn the backc1540 to turn round1560 to set back1803 resile1887 to break back1933 1887 S. Ferguson Ogham Inscript. 97 Reading up to this digit..and resiling thence. 1901 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 5 471 Small matter whether..we resile or go farther. Derivatives reˈsiling n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > withdrawal from an engagement or promise retraction1550 resiling1644 retractation1654 resilience1656 backing-out1819 pull-out1825 back-out1829 resilement1830 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 102 The resileing of one partie contractor is not sufficient to void the contract. 1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 146 A resiling from the declaration made by the Non-subscribers in the Synod. 1822 C. Butler Reminisc. (ed. 3) 181 Mr. Pitt's resiling from the coalition..will be mentioned in the pages of history with universal commendation. 1954 E. W. R. Lumby Transfer of Power in India ii. 53 There was of course no question of its resiling from its objective. 2002 J. Leech Asymmetries of Confl. 44 The bombing of Serbia introduced a new factor: a resiling of public opinion in several NATO countries from the rawness of action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1529
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