reside

Etymology

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

verb

  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 […] , [Act III, scene i]
    The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […] 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
    He still resides at his parents' house.
  2. 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 […] , [Act I, scene ii]
  3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
    […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace. a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222

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