Result
- Result
- Result Re*sult", n.
1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]
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Sound is produced between the string and the air by
the return or the result of the string. --Bacon.
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2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any
course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained
by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as,
the result of a course of action; the result of a
mathematical operation.
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If our proposals once again were heard,
We should compel them to a quick result. --Milton.
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3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative
assembly; a resolve; a decree.
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Then of their session ended they bid cry
With trumpet's regal sound the great result.
--Milton.
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Syn: Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue;
event. See {Effect}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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Result — Re*sult , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resulting}.] [F. r[ e]sulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See {Resile}.] 1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The huge… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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