Resent /(r?-z?nt")/

imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting

1. To be sensible of; to feel [Obs.]

   Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.

2. In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
3. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

   The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely.

4. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.]

   This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul.

   Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.

1. To feel resentment.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]

   The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention.