Re*set" (r?-s?t"), n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.]
(Scots Law) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
Jamieson.
Re*set", v. t. (Scots Law) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen
goods or a criminal.
We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the
Southrons here.
Sir. W. Scott.
Re*set"ter (-t?r), n. (Scots Law) One who receives or conceals, as
stolen goods or criminal.
Re*set"ter (r?-S?t"t?r), n. One who resets, or sets again.
Re*set"tle (r?-s?t"t'l), v. t. To settle again. Swift.
Re*set"tle, v. i. To settle again, or a second time.
Re*set"tle*ment (-ment), n. Act of settling again, or state of being
settled again; as, the resettlement of lees.
The resettlement of my discomposed soul.
Norris.
Re*shape" (r?-sh?p"), v. t. To shape again.
Re*ship" (r?-sh?p"), v. t. To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a
second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded
merchandise.
Re*ship", v. i. To engage one's self again for service on board of a
vessel after having been discharged.
Re*ship"ment (-ment), n. The act of reshipping; also, that which is
reshippped.
Re*ship"per (-p?r), n. One who reships.
Res`i*ance (r?z"?-ans), n. [LL. reseantia, &?;&?; OF. reseance.]
Residence; abode. [Obs.] Bacon.
Res"i*ant (-ant), a. [OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. See
Resident.] Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]
In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant.
Spenser.
Res"i*ant, n. A resident. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Re*side" (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Residing.] [F. résider, 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.