Resiant

Related to Resiant: resistant

Res´i`ant

    (~ant)
a.1.Resident; present in a place.
In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant.
- Spenser.
n.1.A resident.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The additions are: ansuerit, OED recounsel 3, 1578q asturien, OED astir Austiner, OED Nitaures Muiza, Latvia, 57[degrees]4, 25[degees]12 resiaunt, OED resiant seriuant, OED serviant Sterianu de Sus, Romania, 44[degrees]41, 25[degrees]51 Khirbat Suratein, West Bank, 32[degrees]12, 35[degrees]13 Tuneiras do Oeste, Brazil, -23[degrees]49, -52[degrees]55 crus anterius capsule internae, Dorland aturnies, OED leguleian, 163 lq Nisterau, Germany, 50[degrees]40, 7[degrees]59 Raustein, Germany, 48[degrees]12, 8[degrees]23 Rusnaite, Lithuania, 55[degrees] 19, 21[degrees]17 Pulau Seturian, Indonesia, -2[degrees] 17, 117[degrees]40 Stiauren, Norway, 66[degrees]18, 13[degrees]27 transiue, OED transive, both quotes!
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