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Reside

//ɹɪˈzaɪd// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 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 […]"

  2. 2
    live (in a certain place) wordnet
  3. 3
    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 […]"

  4. 4
    make one's home in a particular place or community wordnet
  5. 5
    To sink; to settle, as sediment.

    "[…] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace."

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  1. 6
    be inherent or innate in wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

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