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resentive

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re⋅sent

  [ri-zent]
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–verb (used with object)
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
Origin:
1595–1605; < F ressentir to be angry < OF resentir, equiv. to re- re- + sentir to feel < L sentīre; see sense

Related forms:
re⋅sent⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
re⋅sent⋅ive, adjective
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resent 
1605, from Fr. ressentir "feel pain, regret," from O.Fr. resentir (13c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sentir "to feel," from L. sentire (see sense).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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