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Result

Re-sūlt′, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. RESULTED; p. pr. & vb. n. RESULTING.] [Fr. résulter, Sp. resultar, It. resultare, resultare, from Lat. resultare, to spring or leap back, v. intens. from resilire. See RESILE.]

  1. To leap back; to rebound. [Rare.] “The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.” Pope.
  2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; — followed by in; as, this measure will result in good, or in evil.
  3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.

Pleasure and peace naturally result from a holy and good life. Tillotson. Resulting trust, a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase-money of an estate, &c. Bouvier. — Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier. Syn. — To proceed; spring; rise; arise; originate; ensue; terminate.

Re-sült’, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of flying back; resilience. [Obs.]

Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon.

Sense 2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.

If our proposals once again were heard, We would compel them to a quick result. Milton.

Sense 3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly.

Then, of their session ended, they bid cry, With trumpet’s regal sound, the grand result. Milton.

Synonyms— Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See EFFECT.