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residing

residing is the present participle and gerund of reside.

Meaning of reside

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.
    • […] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
    • […] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
    • […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.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

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Words that rhyme with residing

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Questions about residing

What is residing the present participle and gerund of?
Residing is the present participle and gerund of reside.

Words near residing in the dictionary

  1. residenturas
  2. Residenzstadt
  3. resider
  4. residers
  5. resides
  6. residing
  7. residronate
  8. resids
  9. residua
  10. residual
  11. residual air

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