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Etymology
L. resilire (to spring back) through French resilir; from re (back) + salire'' (to jump)

Pronunciation
IPA|/rɪ'zʌɪl/

Verb
en-verb|resiles|resiling|resiled

1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

References
R:1913

vi:resile
zh:resile

• 2007-07-07 02:44 - Connel MacKenzie - [[User:Connel MacKenzie/clean|Random cleanup]], ===Hdr===, {{infl}} (en), combine redundant defs

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