Meaning of RESIDE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'zId
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- [v] live (in a certain place)
- [v] make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
- [v] be inherent or innate in;
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| | Synonyms: | | lodge in, occupy, repose, rest |
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| | See Also: | | attach to, be, bivouac, board, camp, camp out, cohabit, crash, domicile, domiciliate, dwell, encamp, inhabit, inhere in, live, live in, live out, lodge, move in, neighbor, neighbour, overpopulate, people, populate, reside, room, rusticate, shack, shack up, sleep in, sleep out, squat, stay at, tent | |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resided}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Residing}.] [F. r['e]sider, L. residere; pref.
re- re- + sedere to sit. See {Sit}. ]
1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a
settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have
one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana.
--Shak.
In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden.
2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be
as in attribute or element.
In such like acts, the duty and virtue of
contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow.
3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live;
domiciliate; domicile.
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