Resile Definition

rĭ-zīl
resiled, resiles, resiling
verb
resiled, resiles, resiling
To bounce or spring back; rebound; specif., to come back into shape or position after being pressed or stretched.
Webster's New World
To withdraw or recoil.
They resiled from their arrangement; we resile from personal attacks.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Resile

  • Obsolete French resilir from Latin resilīre to leap back re- re- salīre to leap sel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin resiliō (“spring back") through French resilir; from re (back) + saliō (“I jump").

    From Wiktionary

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