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resiled

resiled is the simple past and past participle of resile.

Meaning of resile

Verb

resile (third-person singular simple present resiles, present participle resiling, simple past and past participle resiled)

  1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
    • I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.
  2. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

Questions about resiled

What is resiled the simple past and past participle of?
Resiled is the simple past and past participle of resile.

Words near resiled in the dictionary

  1. resignments
  2. resigns
  3. Resigs
  4. resilable
  5. resile
  6. resiled
  7. resilement
  8. resilence
  9. resilenced
  10. resilences
  11. resilencing

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