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re⋅sile

  [ri-zahyl]
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–verb (used without object), -siled, -sil⋅ing.
1. to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
2. to shrink back; recoil.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF resilir < L resilīre to spring back; see resilient

Related forms:
re⋅sile⋅ment, noun
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re·sile   (rĭ-zīl')   
intr.v.   re·siled, re·sil·ing, re·siles

  1. To spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure after being stretched or compressed.

  2. To draw back; recoil.


[Obsolete French resilir, from Latin resilīre, to leap back : re-, re- + salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
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