reside
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- Words With Friends
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Definition of reside
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
“[…] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]”
“The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]”
“During the late eighteenth century there were 221 chia (official divisions within the pao-chia system, which reflected population) inside the city and approximately 1,900 chia in the remainder of the hsien, indicating that 10 percent of the hsien population resided in Chiu-chiang city.”
“He still resides at his parents' house.”
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verb
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To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
“[…] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]”
“The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]”
“During the late eighteenth century there were 221 chia (official divisions within the pao-chia system, which reflected population) inside the city and approximately 1,900 chia in the remainder of the hsien, indicating that 10 percent of the hsien population resided in Chiu-chiang city.”
“He still resides at his parents' house.”
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To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
“[…] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]”
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To sink; to settle, as sediment.
“[…] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
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