Re*sult" (?), n.
1. A flying
back; resilience.
[Obs.]
Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return
or the result of the string.
Bacon. 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.
If our proposals once again were heard,
We should compel them to a quick result.
Milton.
3. The decision or determination of a council or
deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
Then of their
session ended they bid cry
With trumpet's regal sound
the great result.
Milton. Syn. -- Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference;
issue; event. See Effect.
Re*sult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Resulting.]
[F. résulter, fr. L.
resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v.
intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.] 1. To leap back;
to rebound. [Obs.]
The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
Pope. 2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by
in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,
consultation, thought, or endeavor.
Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
Tillotson. Resulting
trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party
granting an estate. The phrase is
also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate,
etc. Bouvier. -- Resulting use
(Law), a use which, being limited by the deed,
expires or can not vest, and
thence returns to him who raised it.
Bouvier.
Syn. -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.
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