\Re*sent"\ (r?-z?nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resented}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Resenting}.] [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- +
sentire to feel. See {Sense}.]
1. To be sensible of; to feel; as:
   (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with
       satisfaction. [Obs.]
             Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons
             more favorably resented by compassionate
             readers.                          --Sir T.
                                               Browne.
   (b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury
       or affront; to be indignant at.
2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by
   words or acts.
         The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably
         what he might have resented safely.   --Bolingbroke.
3. 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. [Obs.]
         This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly
         savor in the soul of Saul.            --Fuller.
         Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his
         drift.                                --Fuller.

\Re*sent"\, v. i.
1. To feel resentment. --Swift.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]
         The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the
         sincere milk of the word before vessels full of
         traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of
         human invention.                      --Fuller.