Meanings
plural resultats · alternative resultate
- obsoleteSynonym of result.
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Lastly, that by ye favour and countenance you, and yf necessitye so did requyre yt, by the assistance of thease confederates, the protestantes of france might be, yf not supported, yet at least relieved, from that oppression, wᶜʰ the alliance wᵗʰ spayne dothe threaten upon them, and on thys, he long insysted, as th’ only couppe-gorge, of all resultats, whatsoever, between france and spayne.
1612 April 17 (Gregorian calendar), Ralph Winwood, “Sir R. Winwood to the King [i.e., James I], 7 April 1612”, in John Lothrop Motley, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland; with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of the Thirty Years’ War […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1874, pages 455–456I have given communication and shall continue to make publick the Resolution of the Committee held at Berni the 24 May. It will certainly have the desired end of promoting a more extensive Commerce betwixt the two States. I shall transmit by the post to morrow a Copy of the Resultat to Rochfort agreable to your Instructions.
1786 June 10, John Bondfield, “From John Bondfield”, in Julian P[arks] Boyd, Mina R[uese] Bryan, editors, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, volume 9 (1 November 1785 to 22 June 1786), Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, published 1954, →LCCN, page 627It is this; that the King, in a seance royale should come forward with a Charter of Rights in his hand, to be signed by himself and by every member of the three orders. This charter to contain the five great points which the Resultat of December offered, on the part of the King; the abolition of pecuniary privileges offered by the privileged orders, and the adoption of the national debt, and a grant of the sum of money asked from the nation.
1789 June 3, Thomas Jefferson, “Letter CCIV. To Monsieur de St. Etienne [i.e., Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne].”, in Thomas Jefferson Randolph, editor, Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, volume II, Charlottesville, Va.: […] F. Carr, and Co., published 1829, page 472Synonyms: result
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of result.
Origin
- Medieval Latinresultātum
- Frenchresultat
- Englishresultat
From French resultat (now résultat), from Medieval Latin resultātum.
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