to be sensible of; to feel-in a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.-in a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.-to express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.-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.-to feel resentment.-to give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.