RESIANCE
Res`i*ance (rz"-ans), n. Etym: [LL. reseantia, reseance.]
Defn: Residence; abode. [Obs.] Bacon.
RESIANT
Res"i*ant (-ant), a. Etym: [OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. See
Resident.]
Defn: Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]
In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser.
RESIANT
Res"i*ant, n.
Defn: A resident. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
RESIDE
Re*side" (r-zd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Residing.] Etym: [F. résider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to
sit. See Sit. ]
1. 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. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. Dryden.
2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow.
3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] Boyle.