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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-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…Re-mū'ner-a-tīve, a. p. 1116Intended or fitted to remunerate; yielding a proper remuneration or return; as, remunerative justice.Re-mū'ner-a-to-ry, a. p. 1116Affording recompense; rewarding. Johnson.Re-mŭr'mur, v. t. p. 1116To utter back in murmurs; to return in murmurs; to repeat in low, hoarse sounds. The trembling trees, in every plain and wood, Her fate remurmur to the silver flood. Pope.Rē-mûr'mur, v. i. p. 1116To murmur back; to return or echo in low, rumbling sounds. The realms of Mars remurmured all around. Dryden.Rēn, n. p. 1116(Anat.) Kidney. Dunglison.Renaissance, n. p. 1116A renewal; hence, a style of decorative art freer than the antique, but resulting therefrom, revived by Raphael in the pontificate of Leo X., as the result of the exhuming of certain ancient…Rē'nal, a. p. 1116Pertaining to the kidneys or reins; as, the renal arteries.Rēn'ard, n. p. 1116A fox;—so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. [Written also reynard.]Re-näs'çence or Re-näs'çen-cy, n. p. 1116The state of being renascent. Read the Phœnix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied. Coleridge.Re-nāś'cent, a. p. 1116Springing or rising into being again; reproduced. 2. Able or likely to be re-born, renewed, or reproduced; rejuvenated.Re-näs'çi-ble, a. p. 1116Capable of being reproduced; able to spring again into being.Re-nāte', a. p. 1116Born again; renewed; rejuvenated. [Obs.] Beau. of Fl.Rē-nāv'i-gāte, v. t. p. 1116To navigate again; as, to renavigate the Pacific Ocean.Re-nāy', v. t. p. 1116To deny; to disown; to refuse. [Obs. and rare.]Ren-eŏn’tré or Ren-eoun’ter, n. p. 1116A meeting of two persons or bodies. 2. Hence, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat; action or engagement. The jostling chiefs in rude rencounter join. Glanville. 3. A casual combat or action…Ren-coun'ter, v. t. p. 1116To meet unexpectedly without enmity or hostility; to encounter. [Rare.] 2. To attack hand to hand. [Obs.] Spenser.Ren-coun'ter, v. i. p. 1116To meet an enemy unexpectedly; to come in collision; to skirmish.