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RES
Noun
res (plural reses)
(North America, informal) Clipping of reservation.
Synonym: rez (Indian reserve or reservation)
(Canada, South Africa) Clipping of residence.
(computing) Clipping of resolution (of a computer display or image).
Coordinate term: hi-res
Clipping of reservoir (from computer water cooling).
(RPG) Clipping of resurrection.
Verb
res (third-person singular simple present reses, present participle resing, simple past and past participle resed)
(RPG) short form of resurrect
Anagrams
• -ers, ERS, ERs, ESR, RSE, SER, SRE, ers, ser, ser.
Source: Wiktionary
Res (rz), n.; pl. Res. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. Res gestæ Etym: [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton.
– Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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