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re⋅sult

  [ri-zuhlt]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
2. to terminate or end in a specified manner or thing.
–noun
3. something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
4. Mathematics. a quantity, expression, etc., obtained by calculation.
5. Often, results. a desirable or beneficial consequence, outcome, or effect: We had definite results within weeks.
—Idiom
6. get results, to obtain a notable or successful result or response; be effective.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME resulten (v.) < AL resultāre to arise as a consequence, L: to spring back, rebound, equiv. to re- re- + -sultāre, comb. form of saltāre to dance (freq. of salīre to leap, spring)

Synonyms:
1. flow, come, issue. See follow. 2. resolve, eventuate. 3. conclusion, issue, end, product, fruit. See effect.

Antonyms:
3. cause.
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re·sult   (rĭ-zŭlt')   
intr.v.   re·sult·ed, re·sult·ing, re·sults
  1. To come about as a consequence. See Synonyms at follow.
  2. To end in a particular way: Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
n.  
    1. The consequence of a particular action, operation, or course; an outcome. See Synonyms at effect.
    2. A favorable or concrete outcome or effect. Often used in the plural: started studying and got immediate results.
  2. Mathematics The quantity or expression obtained by calculation.

[Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultāre, from Latin, to leap back, frequentative of resilīre : re-, re- + salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
re·sult'ful adj., re·sult'ful·ness n., re·sult'less adj.
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Result

Re*sult"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.] [F. r['e]sulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.]

1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]

The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. --Pope.

2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.

3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.

Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. --Tillotson.

Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. --Bouvier.

Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. --Bouvier.

Syn: To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.

Result

Re*sult"\, n. 1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]

Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. --Bacon.

2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.

If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result. --Milton.

3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

Then of their session ended they bid cry With trumpet's regal sound the great result. --Milton.

Syn: Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See Effect.
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result  (v.)
1432, from M.L. resultare "to result," in classical L. "to spring forward, rebound," frequentative of pp. of resilire "to rebound" (see resilience). The noun is 1626, from the verb.
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