reside

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See also: résidé, réside, and Reside

English

Etymology

From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzaɪd/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪd
  • Hyphenation: re‧side

Verb

reside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)

  1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      […] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:
      The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
    He still resides at his parents' house.
  2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
  3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
    • a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:
      The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

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Latin

Verb

residē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of resideō

Portuguese

Verb

reside

  1. inflection of residir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

reside

  1. inflection of residir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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