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resiling

resiling is the present participle and gerund 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 resiling

What is resiling the present participle and gerund of?
Resiling is the present participle and gerund of resile.

Words near resiling in the dictionary

  1. resilient
  2. resiliently
  3. resilifer
  4. resilifers
  5. resilin
  6. resiling
  7. resiliometer
  8. resiliometers
  9. resilition
  10. resilitions
  11. resilium

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