(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it.
A hospital administrator has ~ed over claims he lied to get the job...
Mr Robb ~ed his position last month.
= quit
VERB: V, V n
2.
If you ~ yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it.
Pat and I ~ed ourselves to yet another summer without a boat...
= reconcile
VERB: V pron-refl to n/-ing
3.
see also ~ed