Resent \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.
Resent \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.
Businesses executives clamor for the state subsidies Menem curtailed, and resent the tariff reductions and free-market currency exchange rate that push them to compete more aggressively with overseas producers.
Boeing employees working seven days a week with only misty memories of what weekends are resent the implications your paper promoted by the label, "Lazy B." Linda Bergstrom Bothell, Wash.
I resent the animal groups that go for publicity before they go for facts.
The House Appropriations Committee is trying to ride to the rescue of movie directors and others who resent what Ted Turner has done to their black-and-white masterpieces by "colorizing" them.
Jackson has been vague in more resent interviews on the events in Memphis.
Paul Jesson as Peachum the fence and Anthony O'Donnell as Lockit the gaoler stay on terms with Gay's text, trading the great line 'I can forgive, as well as resent'.
"People resent the fact that you're succeeding.
Joe Clark, the get-tough principal portrayed in the movie "Lean on Me," today blamed his five-day suspension on political opponents who resent his place in the national spotlight.
Although the bank obtained approval to issue stock at its last annual meeting with stockholders, some institutional investors resent the fact that both offerings will be syndicated outside the United Kingdom.
"I don't resent it," he said. "It's a matter of proportion, though.
Many in the United States, including some in the Bush administration, resent what they see as harsh Israeli tactics in quelling a Palestinian uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Even extremely loyal customers resent the company's success in selling its own complete computer systems.
I resent that deeply, because it isn't right and because I can't do anything about it that won't put me in jail.
"We shouldn't resent it," Blackmun said. "That's the way the system works.
They also resent what they view as a low-ball tender offer that they felt they had to accept, and the situation exposed deep-felt resentment toward the Dutch owners.
Perhaps the real point is that you resent that reporters are not invited to many analyst meetings.
After his selection, Quayle said, "Women ought to resent the suggestion that they would vote for somebody on looks.
Grown children often resent having to help support their parents, but elderly parents with a "comfortable" income positively enjoy helping their children and grandchildren.
Korea's factional politics stress loyalty and supporters tend to resent any joke at their leader's expense, he said.
Many people in Sabah resent being pressured by what they perceive as a remote and uncaring federal administration.
"Any implication that I have done something wrong in this case is just flat wrong, and I resent it with every fiber in my being," Glenn said on the Brinkley show.
"I resent people calling us underground, illegal or guerrilla groups," said Levin. "We're not amateurs.
"I resent the implication," Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said Friday, "that we have some heartless, niggardly, conservative approach to this problem.
Rival truckers do resent his success.
They feel pressured to go along, and resent having their own values questioned.
In addition, I extremely resent the intrusion of your reporter into my home.
At Alameda, some students also seem to resent authority.
We don't want a war.' The Chechens, a Moslem Turkic people, deeply resent Moscow's 140 years of occupation.
She denied there was any reason to resent Bosnian Serbs because Serbia had to bear the brunt of the new sanctions regime.
Most customers subconsciously resent this most common sales approach, says Mr. Huston.