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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Resent

/(r?-z?nt")/ · Re·sent · IPA /ɹiˈzɛnt/
01 v. t. To be sensible of; to feel
imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting
  1. 1.
    To be sensible of; to feel[Obs.]
    “Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.” — Sir T. Browne.
  2. 2.
    In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
  3. 3.
    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.
  4. 4.
    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.] See: Resent
    “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.
02 v. i. To feel resentment.
  1. 1.
    To feel resentment.
  2. 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.