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RESIDENCY n. 2 definitions

Residence. [Obsoles.]

RESIDENT a. 4 definitions

Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]

RESIDENTIAL a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.

RESIDENTIARY a. 3 definitions

Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Dr. H. More.

RESIDENTIARYSHIP n.

The office or condition of a residentiary.

RESIDENTSHIP n.

The office or condition of a resident.

One who resides in a place.

RESIDUAL a. 3 definitions

Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. -- Residual error. (Mensuration) See E…

Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate. Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. -- Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real est…

RESIDUE n. 4 definitions

remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

Remaining; residual. Landor.

paration or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.

To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser.

RESIGN v. 3 definitions

aid of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.…

RESIGNATION n. 2 definitions

The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.

RESIGNEDLY adv.

With submission.

One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.

One who resigns.