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resile

VT กระเด้ง กลับ  kra-deng-kab

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESILE

Re *sile " (r-zl "), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resiled (-zld "); p. pr. & vb. n. Resiling.] Etym: [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient. ]

 

Defn: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

resile

re sile |riˈzīl rəˈzaɪl | verb [ no obj. ] formal abandon a position or a course of action: can he resile from the agreement? ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from obsolete French resilir or Latin resilire to recoil, from re- back + salire to jump.

 

Oxford Dictionary

resile

resile |rɪˈzʌɪl | verb [ no obj. ] formal abandon a position or a course of action: can he resile from the agreement? ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from obsolete French resilir or Latin resilire to recoil , from re- back + salire to jump .