resid uum

[Lat., neut. sing. of residuus.] [RESIDUE.) I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: That which is left over after any proce of separation or purification; that which remains after treatment in some way; a residue. 2. Fig .: The vilest and most worthle part of a people; the scum or dregs of society. II. The same as RESIDUE (q. v.). *re-siēģe, v . t . [Pref. re-, and Fr. siége a seat.] To seat again, to reseat, to reinstate. rě-şign ( g silent) (1), *re-signe, v . t . & i. [Fr. résigner , from Lat. resigno =to unseal, to annul, to resign; lit. to sign back or again: re- =back, and sig no to seal, to mark; Sp. & Port. resignar; Ital. risegnare .] A. Transitive : 1. To a ign back; to give back or return formally; to give up. "The card in all was compelled even with his owne good will to resigne his chauncellorship." -Tyndal: Works, p. 374. over. 2. To surrender, to relinquish, to give or hand "Willingly resigned unto him the honor to command the whole camp."- North : Plutarch , p. 659. 3. To commit, to intrust, to hand over. "And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge." Milton: P. L. , iii. 688. 4. To withdraw from, to yield in, to give up, to renounce; as, to resign a claim. *5. To intrust, to consign, to commit to the care of. 6. To yield or commit in confidence; to submit, particularly to Providence. "What more reasonable, than that we should in all 2. The quality or state of being resigned or sub mi ive; unresisting and submi ive acquiescence; quiet submi ion to the Divine will, without discontent or murmuring. The shock." "In resignation to abide Words worth: White Doe, iv. re-şigned (g silent), pa . par . & a. [RESIGN (1), υ.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : IMG:content-0502.png:[blocks in formation]