Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons
more favorably resented by compassionate
readers. --Sir T.
Browne.
(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury
or affront; to be indignant at.
2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by
words or acts.
The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably
what he might have resented safely. --Bolingbroke.
3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling;
-- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of
scent to smell. See {Resent}, v. i. [Obs.]
This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly
savor in the soul of Saul. --Fuller.
Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his
drift. --Fuller.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]
The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the
sincere milk of the word before vessels full of
traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of
human invention. --Fuller.