p. pr. sulter, fr. L.
resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v.
intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.) 1.
To leap back; to rebound. (Obs.)
The huge round stone, resulting with a
bound.
Pope.
2. To come out, or have an issue; to
terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this
measure will result in good or in evil.
3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a
consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of
circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a
holy and good life.
Tillotson.
Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised
by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The
phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the
benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate,
etc. Bouvier. -- Resulting use
(Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or
can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it.
Bouvier.
Syn. -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue;
terminate.
result (?), n. 1.A flying back; resilience. (Obs.)
Sound is produced between the string and the air by the
return or the result of the string.
Bacon.
2. That which results; the conclusion or end
to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained
by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the
result of a course of action; the result of a
mathematical operation.
If our proposals once again were heard,
We should compel them to a quick result.
Milton.
3. The decision or determination of a council
or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
Then of their session ended they bid cry
With trumpets regal sound the great result.
Milton.
Syn. -- Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue;
event. See Effect.
