reside
verb/ɹɪˈzaɪd/
Etymology From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
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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 […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- 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, […]1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
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- During the late eighteenth century there were 221 chia (official divisions within the pao-chia system, which reflected population) inside the city and approximately 1,900 chia in the remainder of the hsien, indicating that 10 percent of the hsien population resided in Chiu-chiang city.1973, Gilbert Rozman, “Regional Variations in Cities”, in Urban Networks in Chʻing China and Tokugawa Japan, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
- He still resides at his parents' house.
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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 […]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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To sink; to settle, as sediment.
- […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222
- Derived terms
- nonresiding