- (v.t.) To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
- (v.t.) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
- (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.t.) To be sensible of; to feel.
- (v.i.) To feel resentment.
- (v.i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
- (v.t.) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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