Resided

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To live or dwell in a specific location as one’s home for a significant period
2. To make a particular place one’s fixed or usual living area
3. To have one’s home or main place of living within a certain location

Etymology: "Resided" is the past tense and past participle of "reside," so it is the form of a verb meaning to have one's home or main place of living in a particular location. The base verb came into Middle English from Old French "resider," which in turn descends from Latin "resideō," literally "sit back" or "remain behind." The Latin verb is built from "re-," meaning "back," and "sedeō," meaning "sit," the same root that gives English "sedentary," "session," and "sediment." The sense of settling in one place is already visible in the Latin: to sit back is to stay put rather than move on. That idea of remaining seated in a spot gradually narrowed into the modern meaning of making one's permanent home somewhere.

Synonyms: lived, dwelt, inhabited, settled, occupied

Antonyms: departed, left, vacated, abandoned, fled