Resent

[imp. & p. p. RESENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. RESENTING.] [Fr. ressentir Pr., Sp., & Pg. resentir, It. risentire, fr. Lat. re, again, and sentire, to feel.]

1Sense 1. To feel back in return; to think over; as, (a.) To take well; to receive with satisfaction; — in a good sense. [Obs.]

Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. Browne.

(b.) To take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be in some degree provoked at; to be indignant at; — in a bad sense.

Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.

2Sense 2. To express resentment by word or action.

“Bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely.” Bolingbroke.