Verb

(en verb)

To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at (words or acts).

* Bolingbroke

The good prince King James bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.

To feel resentment.

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, chapter=2 citation , passage=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,

(obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.

(obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

* Sir (Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)

which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.

(obsolete) In a negative sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

(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).

* Fuller

This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savour in the soul of Saul.

* Fuller

Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.

(obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Verb

(head)

(resend)

The package was resent , this time with the correct postage.

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

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*:And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.

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*:I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent , ye shall all likewise perish.

(label) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

(label) To be sorry for, to regret.

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To cause to have sorrow or regret.

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*:at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith ," seyde the kynge.

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*:And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.