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resiles

resiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 resiles

What is resiles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Resiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of resile.

Words near resiles in the dictionary

  1. resilement
  2. resilence
  3. resilenced
  4. resilences
  5. resilencing
  6. resiles
  7. resilia
  8. resiliant
  9. resiliate
  10. resiliated
  11. resiliates

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