[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> resent == feel bitter about something (pronounced like re-zent)
> re-sent == have sent again
Nah. I don't believe a lexicographer would do that.
One time when I was looking at the possibility of two triple-word scores AND a
50 pt bonus in Scrabble, I consulted Oxford (just an ordinary domestic
edition).
The dictionary allowed the use of the prefix "re" as an attachment to any verb
with the sense of doing it again.
I supposed that this allows reresent, but I'd not press my luck with such a
construct in Scrabble.
Surely the two meanings of resent are no worse than
lead (n)
lead (v)
read (v, present tense)
read (v, past tense).
All need to be read carefully and in context.
Recognising that "I resent that" is ambiguous, surely writers who've followed
this thread will know to phrase it differently - "I find that offensive," or
"I resent that yesterday."
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