result

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.A flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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. See Effect.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is a flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon called?
• What is 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. See Effect called?