Definition of Resent

  • (v. t.) To be sensible of; to feel
  • (v. t.) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
  • (v. t.) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
  • (v. t.) To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
  • (v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.
  • (v. i.) To feel resentment.
  • (v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

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