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resigned

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re·signed  (r-znd)
adj.
Feeling or marked by resignation; acquiescent: "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do" (Willa Cather).

re·signed·ly (-znd-l) adv.
re·signed·ness n.

resigned [rɪˈzaɪnd]
adj
characteristic of or proceeding from an attitude of resignation; acquiescent or submissive
resignedly  [rɪˈzaɪnɪdlɪ] adv
resignedness  n
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resigned [rɪˈzaɪnd] ADJresignado (to a)
resigned [rɪˈzaɪnd] adjrésigné(e)
to be resigned to sth → être résigné(e) à qch
resigned
adj personresigniert; to become resigned to somethingsich mit etw abfinden; I was resigned to walking, when …ich hatte mich schon damit abgefunden, zu Fuß gehen zu müssen, als …; to be resigned to one’s fatesich in sein Schicksal ergeben haben; to give a resigned shrugresigniert die or mit den Achseln zucken
resigned [rɪˈzaɪnd] adjrassegnato/a


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We were resigned to our fate, and we remained resigned until we aroused to the fact that we were drifting along the north shore not a hundred feet away.
I grew used to everything, or rather I voluntarily resigned myself to enduring it.
Moreover, his hand was tolerably free; he stopped up his nose and resigned himself.
 
 
 
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