Re sign" , n. Resignation. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Re*sign" (r?-z?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resigned (-z?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Resigning.]
[F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]
1.
To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or
will, or of
something valued; -- also often used
reflexively.
I here resign my government to thee.
Shak. Lament not, Eve, but
patiently resign
What justly thou hast lost.
Milton. What more reasonable, than that we
should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God?
Tiilotson. 2. To relinquish; to abandon.
He soon resigned his former suit.
Spenser. 3. To commit to the
care of; to
consign. [Obs.]
Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors.
Evelyn. Syn. -- To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce. -- Resign,
Relinquish. To resign is to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and
deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once
held or considered as our own, as an office,
employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim, of
relinquishing some advantage we had sought or
enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary
with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it."
Steele. See Abdicate.
Re-sign" (r?-s?n"), v. t. [Pref. re- + sign.]
To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign
again.
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