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