Category:Result

Re*sult", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.] Etym: [f. résulter, 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 Re*sult", 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 trumpet's regal sound The great result. Milton.

Syn. -- effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See Effect.