2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts. The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely. Bolingbroke.
3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.] This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. Fuller. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.
RESENT
Re*sent", v. i.
1. To feel resentment. Swift.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.] The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention. Fuller.
RESENTER
Re*sent"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who resents. Sir H. Wotton.
RESENTFUL
Re*sent"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
— Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.
RESENTIMENT
Re*sent"i*ment (—ment), n.