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reside

verb

  1. inhabit a place
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzaɪd/

name

  1. A surname.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

  1. 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, […]”

  2. 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 […]”

  3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.

    “[…] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.”