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by
anthropod
Thu Sep 27 2001 at 12:26:12
To resile has two related
meaning
s:
to
shrink
back,
recoil
to
spring
back or
rebound
-
literal
ly, as in an
elastic
body
resuming
its
original
form or position, or
figurative
ly, as in
recover
ing quickly from a
shock
or
illness
.
The
verb
resile is less
common
in everyday speech than the
noun
resilient
, though the
root
is the same.
Recoil
resilient
rebound
literally
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