reside

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to live in a certain place

   I reside in the city, but am familiar with living in the wilderness.

2. 2
   verb

   make one's home in a particular place or community

   may parents reside in Florida

3. 3
   verb

   To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

   […] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]

4. 4
   verb

   To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.

   […] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]

5. 5
   verb

   To sink; to settle, as sediment.

   […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

6. 6
   verb

   be inherent or innate in

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).