Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-SULT', n.

1. Resilience; act of flying back. Sound is produced between the string and the air, by the return of the result of the string. Bacon.
2. Consequence; conclusion; inference; effect; that which proceeds naturally or logically from facts, premises or the state of things; as, the result of reasoning; the result of reflection; the result of a consultation or council; the result of a legislative debate.
3. Consequence or effect. The misery of sinners will be the natural result of their vile affections and criminal indulgences. – J. Lathrop.
4. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; as, the result of an ecclesiastical council. – New England.