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English Dictionary: reside by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reside
v
  1. make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
    Synonym(s): reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate
  2. live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
    Synonym(s): occupy, reside, lodge in
  3. be inherent or innate in;
    Synonym(s): rest, reside, repose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reside \Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resided}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Residing}.] [F. r[82]sider, L. residere; pref.
      re- re- + sedere to sit. See {Sit}. ]
      1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a
            settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have
            one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
  
                     At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden.
  
      2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be
            as in attribute or element.
  
                     In such like acts, the duty and virtue of
                     contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow.
  
      3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle.
  
      Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live;
               domiciliate; domicile.
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