What does "reside" mean?
Reside: To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow.
Additional senses
- 2.To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] Boyle.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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