Emily Dickinson Lexicon

reserve (-d, reserving), v. [OFr < L. re- + servāre, keep, save.] (webplay: barns for winter, consecrated, exist, extant, saved, sentiment, souvenir).

1. Retain, secure, hold a place.
2. To set aside for certain later person or purpose.
3. To maintain, withstand.
4. Withhold.
5. Assuming or claiming some honor owed.
6. Yet, still.

reservoir, n. [Fr. < réserver, keep, reserve.]

A place where anything is held in reserve, supply

reside (residing), v. [Fr. résider or L. re- + sedēre, sit.]

1. To dwell permanently or for a great length of time; to live in the same place as one's family has for generations.
2. To settle in a place with the intent of staying for a long time.
3. To sink to the bottom of liquors (or fluids); to settle; subside.

residence (-s), n. [Fr. < L. re- + sedēre, sit.]

1. The act of living in a place for a time.
2. The place of abode; a dwelling; a habitation.

residue, n. [F. résidu < L. residuum < re- + sedēre, sit.]

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; leftover remains; small amount; last traces.

resign (-ed), v. [OFr < L. resignare, unseal, cancel < re- + signāre to sign.]

1. Stop using; let go of; [fig.] vacate because of death.
2. Renounce; forswear; stop being; [fig.] reconcile.
3. Reject; refuse; surrender; abandon; give up; relinquish for the sake of being faithful.
4. Rue; quit; disavow; discontinue; repent of; stop doing; turn away from.

resigned, verbal adj. [see resign, v.]

Meek; longsuffering; having accepted one's fate.

resist (-s), v. [Fr. résister or L. re- + sistěre < stāre, stand.]

1. To stand against; withstand; oppose; to sustain an effort against.
2. To fight or strive actively against; endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate.
3. To escape from; avoid capture.

resistless, adj. [see resist, v.]

Helpless; incapable of putting up a fight.

resituate (-d), v. [Late L. situāre < L. situs, site.]

Place in another location; relocate, move.