resented

Verb

resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)

1. (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
   • The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
2. (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
   • Do you resent us for offering you that choice?
3. (obsolete, transitive) To be sensible of; to feel.
4. (obsolete, transitive) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
   • […] which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC
5. (obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
   • Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Witch of Endor”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book V (The Profane State), page 371
6. (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.