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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
resile .
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For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart -- They felt the patriotic impulse and determined, at first, to join the ranks of their western brethren, but resiled from the purpose, preferring their peaceful shepherd songs to the trumpet sound of war.
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The Liberal ‘Democrats’ also committed themselves in their 2005 manifesto to holding a referendum on the EU Constitution and thus join Gordon Brown in dishonour and dishonesty by having resiled from that clear promise.
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If he now goes back on that promise, that would be as dishonourable a traducing of his promise as that of Mr. Brown, perhaps the more so given the swiftness with which he has resiled from it.
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If he now goes back on that promise, that would be as dishonourable a traducing of his promise as that of Mr. Brown, perhaps the more so given the swiftness with which he has resiled from it.
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Fourth, there is no evidence that the United States has ever resiled from that position. cynical joe Says:
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The Liberal ‘Democrats’ also committed themselves in their 2005 manifesto to holding a referendum on the EU Constitution and thus join Gordon Brown in dishonour and dishonesty by having resiled from that clear promise.
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Fourth, there is no evidence that the United States has ever resiled from that position.
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Why, you are invited by America to a ‘peace’ conference, your presence is welcomed by Israel as a diplomatic ‘success’, and you are promised that the return of your territory that remains confiscated because you have never resiled from the intention of using it as you did before ...
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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Why, you are invited by America to a ‘peace’ conference, your presence is welcomed by Israel as a diplomatic ‘success’, and you are promised that the return of your territory that remains confiscated because you have never resiled from the intention of using it as you did before to try to eliminate Israel will nevertheless be an item to be discussed.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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While Maulana Rehman has resiled from his position of opportunistic rebellion, she is unlikely to go back into the fold of the combined opposition without dire provocation by General Musharraf.
sirothe commented on the word resiled
From the Economist today:
They mistrust him for one outrageous reason, because he is a Mormon, and for more reasonable ones having to do with his flip-flopping on the core “values” issue of abortion, not to mention his embrace of radical health-care reform while governor of Massachusetts, another policy he has since resiled from.
July 6, 2009