Definition of "resent"

resent¹

/ɹiˈzɛnt/

verb
third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented
1. (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
  Quotations
  Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .
  1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎
2. (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
  Quotations
  The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.
  1743, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Remarks on the History of England
3. (transitive, obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
4. (transitive, obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
  Quotations
  […] which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.
  1658, Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […]; reprinted as Hydriotaphia (The English Replicas), New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927,
5. (obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
  Quotations
  Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.
  1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Witch of Endor”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], book V (The Profane State), page 371
  But our King Henrie the ſeventh (being too good a ſenſer to miſtake a flouriſh for a blow) quickly reſented his drift (which was to perſwade our King to peace, till Charles ſhould perform his projects in little Britain and elſewhere) and dealt with him accordingly.
  1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Fortunes of Jerusalem since the Holy Warre; and Her Present Estate”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], book V (A Supplement of the Historie of the Holy Warre), page 273
6. (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

resent²

/ˌɹiːˈsɛnt/

verb
1. simple past and past participle of resend

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