Verb

To set back to the initial state.

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To set to zero.

To adjust again after an initial failure.

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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(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.