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To be sensible of; to feel

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  1. v. t. To be sensible of; to feel
  2. v. t. In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
  3. v. t. In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
  4. v. t. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
  5. v. t. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.
  6. v. i. To feel resentment.
  7. v. i. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
  8. v. feel bitter or indignant about
  9. v. wish ill or allow unwillingly
  10. v:100 v. feel bitter or indignant about