Today's Word of the Day
resile \rih-ZYLE\ verb
: recoil, retract; especially : to return to a prior position
Example sentence:
The politician said he was sorry that his comments had caused offense, but he stopped short of resiling from his position.
Did you know?
"Resile" is a resilient word; it's been around in English since at least 1529. It's also a cousin of "resilient" — both words derive from the Latin verb "resilire," which means to "jump back" or "recoil." ("Resilire" in turn comes from "salire," meaning "to jump.") "Resilient" focuses on the ability of something to "bounce back" from damage, whereas "resile" generally applies to someone or something that withdraws from an agreement or "jumps back" from a stated position. "Resile" is a word that shows up only occasionally in U.S. sources; it is more common in British and especially Australian English.
Monday, May 09, 2005
how appropriate
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can you do some of the basic conjugations? and maybe some more usage examples.
nope. I'm a poli sci major, not a english major.
I resile
You resile
S/he resiles
We resile
They resile
"He would have resiled his intemperate remarks, if he had owned a time machine."
My favourite "Words of the Day" from days past have been:
"Bloviate,"
"McGuffin,"
"Callithump,"
and "Troglodyte."
ahhh, to be a nerd again
McGuffin? isn't that the name of that 'safety dog"?
Je resile
Tu resiles
Il/elle resile
Nous resilons
Vous resilez
Ils/Elles resilent
Maybe harper should recile from his Alliance with a sovereigntist party? I just fould this hilarious site, www.harperduceppe2005.com
It's a pretty funny site. some of the captions are a bit cheesy though...
tim, thanks for the link. I'm not quite sure that I like it though. As much as I like to make fun of Mr. Harper, it seems like a pretty low punch. I wonder who's putting the site up....hmmmm....
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