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Webster 1913 Edition

Resilient

Re-sil′i-ent

(-ent)

,

Adj.

[L.

resiliens

, p. pr.]

Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resilient

RESIL'IENT

,

Adj.

[L. resiliens.] Leaping or starting back; rebounding.