RESULT (2)

result (2). Result, n. a flying back, consequence, conclusion

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Re‐sult″ (?), n. 1. 1. A flying back; resilience.
Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon. 2. 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. 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.