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   Result , 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.]
   To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]
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   The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
   Pope.
   
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   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.
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   To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
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   Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
   Tillotson.
   
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   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.
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   Syn. -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.
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   Result , n.
   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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   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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   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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