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   reside

   /rɪˈzʌɪd/

   verb

   • 1. have one's permanent home in a particular place: "people who work in the city actually reside in neighbouring towns" Similar live inoccupyinhabithave one's home inbe settled inhave taken up residence inhave established oneself instay inlodge ininformal:hang out inhang one's hat informal:dwell inbe domiciled insojourn inarchaic:bide inOpposite visit
   • ▪ be situated: "the paintings now reside on the walls of a restaurant" Similar be situatedbe placedbe foundbe locatedlierepose
   • 2. (of power or a right) belong to a person or body: "legislative powers reside with the Federal Assembly" Similar belong tobe vested inbe bestowed onbe conferred onbe entrusted tobe in the hands of
   • ▪ (of a quality) be present or inherent in something: "the meaning of an utterance does not wholly reside in the semantic meaning" Similar be inherent inbe intrinsic tobe present ininhere inexist inrest inlie indwell inabide inconsist insubsist inrare:indwell

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘be in residence as an official’): probably a back-formation from resident, influenced by French résider or Latin residere ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + sedere ‘sit’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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