n. [ LL. reseantia, &unr_;&unr_; OF. reseance. ] Residence; abode. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. See Resident. ] Resident; present in a place. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A resident. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n. Residing. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In no fixed place the happy souls reside. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. résidence. See Resident. ] 1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. [ 1913 Webster ]

The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. “Near the residence of Posthumus.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Johnson took up his residence in London. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The place where anything rests permanently. [ 1913 Webster ]

But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. Residence. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fixed; stable; certain. [ Obs. ] “Stable and resident like a rock.” Jer. TAylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

One there still resident as day and night. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A resident. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]