verb (used without object), re·siled, re·sil·ing.
- to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- to shrink back; recoil.
verb
- (intr) to spring or shrink back; recoil or resume original shape
1520s, “draw back,” from obsolete French resiler “withdraw from an agreement,” or directly from Latin resilire “to jump back” (see resilience). Meaning “spring back, start back, recoil” (of material things) from 1708. Related: Resiled; resiling.