1. (v. t.) To take ill; to consider as affront; to be indignant at.

2. (v. t.) To be sensible of; to feel

3. (v. t.) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

4. (v. t.) To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

5. (v. t.) 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.

6. (v. i.) To feel resentment.

7. (v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

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