Reside
[rɪ'zaɪd]
Definition
(verb.) make one's home in a particular place or community; 'may parents reside in Florida'.
Typist: Rachel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
(v. i.) To sink; to settle, as sediment.
Typist: Sol
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Dwell, inhabit, live, abide, sojourn, have lodgings, be quartered.
Checker: Patrice
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ABIDE]
Editor: Marilyn
Definition
v.i. to remain sitting: to dwell permanently: to abide: to live: to inhere.—ns. Res′idence act of dwelling in a place: place where one resides a domicile: that in which anything permanently inheres: the settling of liquors; Res′idency residence: the official dwelling of a government officer in India.—adj. Res′ident dwelling in a place for some time: residing on one's own estate: residing in the place of one's duties: not migratory.—n. one who resides: a public minister at a foreign court.—n. Res′identer (Scot.).—adjs. Residen′tial residing: having actual residence—(rare) Resident′al; Residen′tiary residing esp. of one bound to reside for a certain time every year at a cathedral church.—n. one who keeps a certain residence esp. an ecclesiastic.—ns. Residen′tiaryship; Res′identship; Resī′der.
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Examples
- Nothing could be more natural and proper than for my Professor to open a school, and for me to prefer to reside in my own estate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Miss Keeldar, does the person reside in Briarfield? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But it so happens, that many of the principal proprietors of the sugar plantations reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The greater part, both of the exportation and coasting trade of America, is carried on by the capitals of merchants who reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1768, financially independent, Dr. Hutton etired to reside in Edinburgh. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It may, however, be very useful to the country, though it should not reside within it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Fact being, I presume, that Mr. Bounderby the Banker does _not_ reside in the edifice in which I have the honour of offering this explanation? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Every such continuous experience or activity is educative, and all education resides in having such experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The stimulus resides in the situation with which one is actually confronted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The happiness resides not in this or that class, but in the State as a whole. Plato. The Republic.
- Will you accompany me, said Mr. Lorry, joyfully relieved after reading this note aloud, to where his wife resides? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Neither sight nor the eye in which sight resides is the sun? Plato. The Republic.
- Will you allow me to ask you, ma'am,' said the excited Mr. Pickwick, rising from his seat, 'who that young man is, and where he resides? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She resides with me again. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We crossed a walk to the other part of the academy, where, as I have already said, the projectors in speculative learning resided. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I remember, when I was a boy, he came to my father's in Boston, and resided in the house with us for several years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long resided. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- A number of Indians had resided in the county of Lancaster, and conducted themselves uniformly as friends to the white inhabitants. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Madame de Thoux was very minute in her inquiries as to Kentucky, where she said she had resided in a former period of her life. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Tupman, when his friends married, and Mr. Pickwick settled, took lodgings at Richmond, where he has ever since resided. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Perdita, who then resided with Evadne, saw the torture that Adrian endured. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You must know, said he, that I am an orphan and a bachelor, residing alone in lodgings in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will speak with both the young people, says the Chancellor anew, and satisfy myself on the subject of their residing with their cousin. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Brauner, then residing in Brooklyn, New York, had an expert knowledge of indigenous plants of the particular kind desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Residing in the Castle-Gate, York. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He asked me, first of all, whether I conferred a charm and a distinction on London by residing in it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This formula was procured from a friend of the author residing at Little Rock, Ark. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There was a very elegant looking woman residing in my neighbourhood, in a beautiful little cottage, who had long excited my curiosity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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