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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Re-mis'so-ry, a. p. 1115Serving or tending to remit; involving remission. They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory, by a sacrifice expiatory or remissory. Latimer.Re-mīt', v. t. p. 1115To send back; to refer. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden. 2. To give up; to surrender; to resign; to restore. “In this case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.”…Re-mīt', v. i. p. 1115To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; as, a fever remits; the severity of weather remits.Re-mīt'ment, n. p. 1115The act of remitting. “Disavowing the remittent of Claudius.” Milton. 2. The state of being remitted.Re-mīt'tal, n. p. 1115A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first-fruits. Swift.Re-mit'tance, n. p. 1115(Com.) The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, to a distant place. 2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison.Re-mīt'tent, a. p. 1115Having remissions from time to time, as a disease; abating periodically in severity; as, a remittent fever.Re-mīt'ter, n. p. 1115One who remits, pardons, or makes remittance. 2. (Law.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a…Re-mīt'tor, n. p. 1115(Law.) One who makes a remittance.Rē-mīx', v. t. p. 1115To mix again or repeatedly.Rēm′nant, a. p. 1115Remaining; yet left. [Rare.] “Scarcely yet in the peaceable possession of his mind because of the remnant dregs of his disease.” Fuller. And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of a…Rēm'nant, n. p. 1115What remains after a part is removed, performed, &c.; residue. “The remnant that are left of the captivity.” Neh. i. 3. The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience. Dryden. 2. Hence…Rē-mōd'el, v. t. p. 1115To model or fashion anew. The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay.Rē-mōd'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1115The act of modifying again; a repeated or additional modification or change.Rē-mōld’ or Rē-mōuld’, v. t. p. 1115To mold or shape anew.Rēm'o-lin-īte, n. p. 1115(Min.) A mineral usually of a bright green color, consisting of oxide of copper, chloride of copper, and water. Dana.Re-mōl'li-ent or Rē-mōl'li-ent, a. p. 1115Mollifying; softening. [Rare.]Re-mōn'strance, n. p. 1115Act of remonstrating; show; discovery. [Obs.] You may marvel why I would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost. Shak. 2. The act of expostulation. 3. The terms…Re-mōn'strant, a. p. 1115Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging strong reasons against an act.Re-mōn'strant, n. p. 1115One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the decisions of the Synod of Dort, in 1618. Brande.Re-mŏn'strāte, v. i. p. 1115To re-present; to explain again; to set forth; to show clearly. [Obs.] I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson. 2. To exhibit or present strong reasons against an act, measure, or any…Re-mōn'strāte, v. t. p. 1115To show by a strong representation of reasons. [Obs.]Rē/mon-strā'tion, n. p. 1115The act of remonstrating. [Rare.]Re-mōn'strā-tor, n. p. 1115One who remonstrates.Remontoir, n. p. 1115A kind of escapement in time-pieces, in which the impulse is given to the pendulum or balance by a special contrivance upon which the train of wheel-work acts, instead of communicating directly with…Rēm'o-rā, n. p. 1115Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] The sum is, they thought to limit or take away the remora of his negative voice, which, like to that little pest at sea, took upon it to arrest and stop the…Rĕm'o-rāte, v. t. p. 1115To hinder; to delay. [Obs.]Re-môrd’, v. t. p. 1115To excite to remorse; to rebuke. [Obs.] Skelton.Re-mòrd', v. i. p. 1115To feel remorse. [Obs.] Elyot.Re-môrd'en-cy, n. p. 1115Compunction; remorse. [Obs.] Killingbeck.Re-môrse', n. p. 1115The keen or gnawing pain or anguish excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed. Nero will be tainted with remorse. Shak. 2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.…Re-môrsed', a. p. 1116Feeling remorse or compunction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Re-mōrse'fŭl, a. p. 1116Full of remorse or compunction. “Until the full tide of remorseful passion had abated.” W. Scott. 2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Obs.] Shak. 3. Pitiable. [Obs.] Eurylochus straight hasted the…Re-môrse'fŭl-ly, adv. p. 1116In a remorseful manner.Re-môrse'fŭl-ness, n. p. 1116The state of being remorseful; compunction.Re-môrse'less, a. p. 1116Without remorse or sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; as, the remorseless deep. “Remorseless adversaries.” South. “Remorseless cruelty.” Milton. Syn.—Unpitying; pitiless; relentless…Re-môrse'less-ly, adv. p. 1116Without remorse. South.Re-môrse'less-ness, n. p. 1116The state or quality of being remorseless; insensibility to distress.Re-mōte', a. p. 1116<br>[Lat. remotus, p. p. of removere, to remove; Sp. remoto, It. remoto, rimoto. See REMOVE.]<br>1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away;—said in respect to time or place.<br>Places remote…Re-mōte'ly, adv. p. 1116In a remote manner; at a distance in space, time, consanguinity, and the like; slightly.Re-mōte'ness, n. p. 1116State of being remote or distant in space, time, consanguinity, or the like; distance; slightness; as, the remoteness of a kingdom or of a star; the remoteness of the deluge from our age; the…Re-mō'tion, n. p. 1116The act of removing. [Obs.] This act persuades me That this remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Shak. 2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [Rare.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was…Rē-mōuld’ or Rē-mōld’, v. t. p. 1116To mold or shape anew.Rē-mount', v. t. p. 1116To mount again; as, to remount a horse.Rē-mount’, v. i. p. 1116To mount again; to reascend. To act and suffer, but remount at last With a fresh pinion. Byron.Rē-mount', n. p. 1116The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give a remount.Re-mŏv'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1116The capacity of being removable from an office or station; capacity of being displaced.Re-mov'a-ble, a. p. 1116Admitting of being removed, as from an office or station, or from one place to another. Such curate is removable at the pleasure of the rector of the mother church. Ayliffe.Re-mov'al, n. p. 1116The act of removing from a place, office, &c.; as, the removal of a house, family, a public officer, and the like. 2. The act of remedying or taking away; as, the removal of a disease, a disability…Re-mŏve', v. t. p. 1116To cause to change place; to move away from the position occupied; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent…Re-mōve',, v. i. p. 1116To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one position or place to another. Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane I can not tint with fear. Shak. The verb remove…Re-move', n. p. 1116The act of removing; a removal. This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship. Milton. 2. The state of being removed. Locke. 3. That…Re-moved', p. a. p. 1116Separate from others; remote. “So removed a dwelling.” Shak.Re-mov'ed-ness, n. p. 1116The state of being removed; remoteness. Shak.Re-mŏv'er, n. p. 1116One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks.Re-mūʹgi-ent, a. p. 1116Rebellowing. More.Re-mū/ner-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1116The capacity of being remunerated or rewarded.Re-mū'ner-a-ble, a. p. 1116Capable of being remunerated; fit or proper to be recompensed.Re-mū'ner-āte, v. t. p. 1116To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to reward; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor. Syn. — To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy…Re-mū/ner-ā/tion, n. p. 1116The act of remunerating, or paying an equivalent for services, loss, or sacrifices. 2. That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given for services, loss, or sufferings. Remuneration! O…