resiling

Variant of resile

transitive verb resiled, resiling

Now Rare to bounce or spring back; rebound; specif., to come back into shape or position after being pressed or stretched: said of elastic bodies

Origin: MFr resiler < L resilire < re-, back + salire, to jump: see salient

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