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1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." Dryden. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot.

2. (Math.)

Defn: The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

3. (Law)

Defn: An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

Syn. -- Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.

REMAINDER Re*main"der, a.

Defn: Remaining; left; left over; refuse. Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. Shak.

REMAINDER-MAN Re*main"der-man (- mân), n.; pl. Remainder-men (-mên). (Law)

Defn: One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone.

REMAKE Re*make" (r-mk"), v. t.

Defn: To make anew.

REMAND Re*mand" (r-mnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Remanding.] Etym: [F. remander to send word again, L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate.]

Defn: To recommit; to send back. Remand it to its former place. South. Then were they remanded to the cage again. Bunyan.

REMAND Re*mand", n.

Defn: The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

REMANDMENT Re*mand"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: A remand.

REMANENCE; REMANENCY Rem"a*nence, Rem"a*nen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. remanence, LL. remanentia, fr. L. remanens. See Remanent, a.]

Defn: The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence. [R.] Jer. Taylor. The remanence of the will in the fallen spirit. Coleridge.

REMANENT Rem"a*nent (-nent), n. Etym: [See Remanent, a.]

Defn: That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

REMANENT Rem"a*nent, a. Etym: [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See Remain, and cf. Remnant.]

Defn: Remaining; residual. That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. Jer. Taylor. Remanent magnetism (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also residual magnetism.

REMANET Rem"a*net (-nt), n. Etym: [L., it remains.] (Legal Practice)

Defn: A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. [Eng.]

RE-MARK Re-mark" (r-mrk"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + mark.]

Defn: To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.

REMARK Re*mark" (r-mrk"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remarked (-mrkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remarking.] Etym: [F. remarquer; pref. re- re- + marquer to mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to E. mark. See Mark, v.& n.]

1. To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [Obs.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. Milton.

2. To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

3. To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.

Syn. -- To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say. -- Remark, Observe, Notice. To observe is to keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To remark is simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To notice implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these mental states to the expression of them in language, we find the same distinction. An observation is properly the result of somewhat prolonged thought; a remark is usually suggested by some passing occurence; a notice is in most cases something cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to remark and observe, which are often used interchangeably. "Observing men may form many judgments by the rules of similitude and proportion." I. Watts. "He can not distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar remarks." Collier. "The thing to be regarded, in taking notice of a child's miscarriage, is what root it springs from." Locke.

REMARK Re*mark" (r-mrk"), v. i.

Defn: To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

REMARK Re*mark", n. Etym: [Cf. F. remarque.]

1. Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation. The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd. Cowper.

2. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.

Syn. -- Observation; note; comment; annotation.

REMARKABLE Re*mark"a*ble (--b'l), a. Etym: [F. remarquable.]

Defn: Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary. 'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say. Prior. There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak.

Syn. -- Observable; noticeable; extraordinary; unusual; rare; strange; wonderful; notable; eminent. -- Re*mark"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*mark"a*bly, adv.

REMARKER Re*mark"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who remarks.

REMARQUE; REMARK; REMARQUE PROOF Re*marque", n. Also Remark. (Engraving) (a) A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate. (b) A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.

REMARRIAGE Re*mar"riage (r-mr"rj), n.

Defn: A second or repeated marriage.

REMARRY Re*mar"ry (r-mr"rr), v. t. & i.

Defn: To marry again.

REMAST Re*mast" (r-mst"), v. t.

Defn: To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

REMASTICATE Re*mas"ti*cate (r-ms"t-kt), v. t.

Defn: To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

REMASTICATION Re*mas`ti*ca"tion (-k"shn), n.

Defn: The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

REMBERGE Rem"berge (rm"brj), n.

Defn: See Ramberge.

REMBLAI Rem`blai" (rn`bl"), n. Etym: [F., fr. remblayer to fill up an excavation, to embank.] (Fort. & Engin.)

Defn: Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

REMBLE Rem"ble (r, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. embler to steal, fr. L. involare to fly into or at, to carry off.]

Defn: To remove. [Prov.Eng.] Grose. Tennyson.

REME Reme (r, n.

Defn: Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMEAN Re*mean" (r, v. t.

Defn: To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. [Obs.] Wyclif.

REMEANT Re"me*ant (rant), a. Etym: [L. remeans, -antis, p. pr. of remeare to go or come back.]

Defn: Coming back; returning. [R.] "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.

REMEASURE Re*meas"ure (r-mzh"r; 135), v. t.

Defn: To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.

REMEDE Re*mede" (r-md"), n.

Defn: Remedy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMEDIABLE Re*me"di*a*ble (r-m"d--b'l), a. Etym: [L. remediabilis: cf. F. remédiable.]

Defn: Capable of being remedied or cured. -- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me"di*a*bly, adv.

REMEDIAL Re*me"di*al (-al), a. Etym: [L. remedialis.]

Defn: Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment. Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. I. Taylor.

REMEDIALLY Re*me"di*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a remedial manner.

REMEDIATE Re*me"di*ate (-t), a.

Defn: Remedial. [R.] Shak.

REMEDILESS Re*med"i*less (r-md"-ls or rm"-d-ls; 277) a.

1. Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss. "Chains remedilesse." Spenser. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton.

2. Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual. [Obs.] Forced to forego the attempt remediless. Spenser.

Syn. -- Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; desperate. -- Re*med"i*less, adv. [Obs.] Udall. -- Re*med"i*less*ly, adv. -- Re*med"i*less*ness, n.

REMEDY Rem"e*dy (rm"-d), n.; pl. Remedies (-d. Etym: [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier to remedy. See Medical.]

1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to. What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. Milton.

3. (Law)

Defn: The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance.

Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.

REMEDY Rem"e*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-dd); p. pr. & vb. n. Remedying.] Etym: [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem. See Remedy, n.]

Defn: To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. I will remedy this gear ere long. Shak.

REMELT Re*melt" (r-mlt"), v. t.

Defn: To melt again.

REMEMBER Re*mem"ber (r-mm"br), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remembered (-brd); p. pr. & vb. n. Remembering.] Etym: [OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory, and cf. Rememorate.]

1. To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates. We are said to remember anithing, when the idea of it ariseI. Watts.

2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. Shak. Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. Milton.

3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] "Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known." Milton. My friends remembered me of home. Chapman. Remember you of passed heaviness. Chaucer. And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. Chaucer.

4. To mention. [Obs.] "As in many cases hereafter to be remembered." Ayliffe.

5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.

REMEMBER Re*mem"ber (r-mm"br), v. i.

Defn: To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. Shak.

REMEMBERABLE Re*mem"ber*a*ble (--b'l), a.

Defn: Capable or worthy of being remembered. -- Re*mem"ber*a*bly, adv. The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge.

REMEMBERER Re*mem"ber*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who remembers.

REMEMBRANCE Re*mem"brance (-brans), n. Etym: [OF. remembrance.]

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton. Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison.

2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope.

3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.

4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser. Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak.

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni [Obs.] Shak.

6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance. Milton.

Syn. -- Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.

REMEMBRANCER Re*mem"bran*cer (-bran-sr), n.

1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith. Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).

2. A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. "The remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer." Bacon.

REMEMORATE Re*mem"o*rate (--rt), v. i. Etym: [L. rememoratus, p. p. of rememorari. See Remember.]

Defn: To recall something by means of memory; to remember. [Obs.] Bryskett.

REMEMORATION Re*mem`o*ra"tion (-r"shn), n. Etym: [F. rem, or L. rememoratio.]

Defn: A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. [Obs. & R.] Bp. Montagu.

REMEMORATIVE Re*mem"o*ra*tive (r-mEm"-r-tv), a.

Defn: Tending or serving to remind. [R.]

REMENANT Rem"e*nant (rm"-nant), n.

Defn: A remnant. [Obs.]

REMERCIE; REMERCY Re*mer"cie, Re*mer"cy, v. t. Etym: [F. remercier; pref. re- re- + OF. mercier to thank, from OF. & F. merci. See Mercy.]

Defn: To thank. [Obs.] She him remercied as the patron of her life. Spenser.

REMERGE Re*merge" (r-mrj"), v. i.

Defn: To merge again. "Remerging in the general Soul." Tennyson.

REMEVE; REMEWE Re*meve" (r-mEv"), Re*mewe" (r-m"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To remove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMIFORM Rem"i*form (rm"*frm), a. Etym: [L. remus oar + -form.]

Defn: Shaped like an oar.

REMIGES Rem"i*ges (rm"*jz), n. pl.; sing. Remex. (r. Etym: [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

REMIGRATE Rem"i*grate (rm"-grt or r-m"grt; 277), v. i. Etym: [L. remigrare. See Re-, and Migrate.]

Defn: To migrate again; to go back; to return. Boyle.

REMIGRATION Rem`i*gra"tion (rm`-gr"shn), n.

Defn: Migration back to the place from which one came. Sir M. Hale.

REMIND Re*mind" (r-mnd"), v. t.

Defn: To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person). When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. South.

REMINDER Re*mind"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

REMINDFUL Re**mind"ful (fl), a.

Defn: Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind. Southey.

REMINISCENCE Rem`i*nis"cence (rm`-ns"sens), n. Etym: [F. réminiscence, L. reminiscentia.]

1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South. I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott.

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.

Syn. -- Remembrance; recollection. See Memory.

REMINISCENCY Rem`i*nis"cen*cy (-sen-s), n.

Defn: Reminiscence. [Obs.]

REMINISCENT Rem`i*nis"cent (-sent), a. Etym: [L. reminiscens, -entis, p. pr. of reminisci to recall to mind, to recollect; pref.re- re + a word akin to mens mind, memini I remember. See Mind.]

Defn: Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something. Some other of existence of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent. Sir W. Hamilton.

REMINISCENT Rem`i*nis"cent (rm`-ns"sent), n.

Defn: One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

REMINISCENTIAL Rem`i*nis*cen"tial (-ns-sn"shal), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance. Sir T. Browne.

REMIPED Rem"i*ped (rm"-pd), a. Etym: [L. remus oar + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. rémipède.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.

REMIPED Rem"i*ped, n. (Zoöl.) (a) An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans. (b) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

REMISE Re*mise" (r-mz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-mzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] Etym: [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]

Defn: To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.

REMISE Re*mise", n. (Law)

Defn: A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.

REMISS Re*miss" (r-ms"), a. Etym: [L. remissus, p. p. of remittere to send back, relax. See Remit.]

Defn: Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton. These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward.

Syn. -- Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless; neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless.

REMISS Re*miss", n.

Defn: The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure. [Obs.] "Remisses of laws." Puttenham.

REMISSFUL Re*miss"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement. Drayton.

REMISSIBILITY Re*mis`si*bil"i*ty (r-ms`s-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The state or quality of being remissible. Jer. Taylor.

REMISSIBLE Re*mis"si*ble (r-ms"s-b'l), a. Etym: [L. remissibilis: cf. F. rémissible. See Remit.]

Defn: Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham.

REMISSION Re*mis"sion (r-msh"n), n. Etym: [F. rémission, L. remissio. See Remit.]

1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. Milton.

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

4. (Med.)

Defn: A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

5. The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.

REMISSIVE Re*mis"sive (r-ms"sv), a. Etym: [L. remissivus. See Remit.]

Defn: Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.

REMISSLY Re*miss"ly (r-ms"l), adv.

Defn: In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

REMISSNESS Re*miss"ness, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being remiss.

REMISSORY Re*mis"so*ry (r-ms"s-r), a.

Defn: Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive. "A sacrifice expiatory or remissory." Latimer.

REMIT Re*mit" (r-mt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Remitting.] Etym: [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss.]

1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.

2. To restore. [Obs.] The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. Hayward.

3. (Com.)

Defn: To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.

4. To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good Iremit it to the wise readers." Sir T. Elyot.

5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. So willingly doth God remit his ire. Milton.

6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. John xx. 23.

7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties." Macaulay.

Syn. -- To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.

REMIT Re*mit", v. i.

1. To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

2. To send money, as in payment. Addison.

REMITMENT Re*mit"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton.

REMITTAL Re*mit"tal (-tal), n.

Defn: A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift.

REMITTANCE Re*mit"tance (r-mt"tans), n.

1. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison.

REMITTEE Re*mit`tee" (r-mt`t"), n. (Com.)

Defn: One to whom a remittance is sent.

REMITTENT Re*mit"tent (r-mt"tent), a. Etym: [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent.]

Defn: Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

REMITTER Re*mit"ter (-tr), n.

1. One who remits. Specifically: (a) One who pardons. (b) One who makes remittance.

2. (Law)

Defn: 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 defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit. Bouvier.

REMITTITUR Re*mit"ti*tur (-t-tr), n. Etym: [L., (it) is remitted.] (Law) (a) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. (b) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton.

REMITTOR Re*mit"tor (-tr), n. (Law)

Defn: One who makes a remittance; a remitter.

REMIX Re*mix" (r-mks"), v. t.

Defn: To mix again or repeatedly.

REMNANT Rem"nant (rm"nant), a. Etym: [OF. remanant, p. pr. of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain.]

Defn: Remaining; yet left. [R.] "Because of the remnant dregs of his disease." Fuller. And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humble wife. Prior.

REMNANT Rem"nant, n. Etym: [OF.remanant. See Remnant, a.]

1. That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue. Chaucer. 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. A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.

3. (Com.)

Defn: An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Syn. -- Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

REMODEL Re*mod"el (r-md"l), v. t.

Defn: To model or fashion anew; to change the form of. The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay.

REMODIFICATION Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion (--f-k"shn), n.

Defn: The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.

REMODIFY Re*mod"i*fy (r-md"-f), v. t.

Defn: To modify again or anew; to reshape.

REMOLADE; REMOULAD Ré`mo`lade", Ré`mou`lad", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.

REMOLADE; REMOULADE Ré`mo`lade", Ré`mou`lade", n. [F.]

Defn: An ointment used in farriery.

REMOLD; REMOULD Re*mold", Re*mould" (r-mld"), v. t.

Defn: To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.

REMOLLIENT Re*mol"lient (r-ml"yent or -l-ent), a. Etym: [L. remolliens, p. pr. of remollire to mollify: cf. F. rémollient. See Mollient.]

Defn: Mollifying; softening. [R.]

REMONETIZATION Re*mon`e*ti*za"tion (r-mn`-t-z"shn or -mn`-), n.

Defn: The act of remonetizing.

REMONETIZE Re*mon"e*tize (-tz), v. t.

Defn: To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

REMONSTRANCE Re*mon"strance (-mn"strans), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate.]

1. The act of remonstrating; as: (a) A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. [Obs.] You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost. Shak.

(b) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.

2. (R.C.Ch.)

Defn: Same as Monstrance.

REMONSTRANT Re*mon"strant (-strant), a. Etym: [LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.remontrant.]

Defn: Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

REMONSTRANT Re*mon"strant, n.

Defn: One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.),

Defn: one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

REMONSTRANTLY Re*mon"strant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a remonstrant manner.

REMONSTRATE Re*mon"strate (-strt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str; p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] Etym: [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]

Defn: To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson.

REMONSTRATE Re*mon"strate, v. i.

Defn: To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles. Waterland.

Syn. -- Expostulate, Remonstrate. These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people.

REMONSTRATION Re`mon*stra"tion (r`mn*str"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. remonstration, LL. remonstratio.]

Defn: The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. [R.] Todd.

REMONSTRATIVE Re*mon"stra*tive (r*mn"str*tv), a.

Defn: Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.

REMONSTRATOR Re*mon"stra*tor (r*mn"str*tr), n.

Defn: One who remonstrates; a remonsrant. Bp. Burnet.

REMONTANT Re*mon"tant (-tant), a.Etym: [F.] (Hort.)

Defn: Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.

REMONTOIR Re*mon`toir" (re-mn"twr"; E. r-mn"twr), n. Etym: [F.] (Horology)

Defn: See under Escapement.

REMORA Rem"o*ra (rm"*r), n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. rémora.]

1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] Milton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.

Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellæ, situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks (Echeneis naucrates), and the swordfish remora (Remora brachyptera), are common American species.

3. (Surg.)

Defn: An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. Dunglison.

REMORATE Rem"o*rate (-rt), v. t. Etym: [L. remoratus, p. p. of remorari; pref. re- re- + morari to delay.]

Defn: To hinder; to delay. [Obs.] Johnson.

REMORD Re*mord" (r-mrd"), v. t. Etym: [L. remordere to bite again, to torment: cf. F. remordre. See Remorse.]

Defn: To excite to remorse; to rebuke. [Obs.] Skelton.

REMORD Re*mord", v. i.

Defn: To feel remorse. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

REMORDENCY Re*mord"en*cy (-en*s), n.

Defn: Remorse; compunction; compassion. [Obs.] Killingbeck.

REMORSE Re*morse" (r*mrs"), n. Etym: [OE. remors, OF. remors,F. remords, LL. remorsus, fr. L. remordere, remorsum, to bite again or back, to torment; pref. re- re- + mordere to bite. See Morsel.]

1. The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse. Dryden. But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead. Tennyson.

Syn. -- Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.

REMORSED Re*morsed" (r-mrst"), a.

Defn: Feeling remorse. [Obs.]

REMORSEFUL Re*morse"ful (-mrs"fl), a.

1. Full of remorse. The full tide of remorseful passion had abated. Sir W. Scott.

2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Obs.] Shak.

3. Exciting pity; pitiable. [Obs.] Chapman. -- Re*morse"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*morse"ful*ness, n.

REMORSELESS Re*morse"less, a.

Defn: Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. "Remorseless adversaries." South. "With remorseless cruelty." Milton.

Syn. -- Unpitying; pitiless; relentless; unrelenting; implacable; merciless; unmerciful; savage; cruel. -- Re*morse"less*ly, adv. -- Re*morse"less*ness, n.

REMOTE Re*mote" (r-mt"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-r); superl. Remotest.] Etym: [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]

1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. Parnell.

2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason." Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies." Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n.

REMOTION Re*mo"tion (r-m"shn), n. Etym: [L. remotio. See Remove.]

1. The act of removing; removal. [Obs.] This remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Shak.

2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. De Quincey.

REMOULD Re*mould" (r-mld"), v. t.

Defn: See Remold.

REMOUNT Re*mount" (r-mount"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To mount again.

REMOUNT Re*mount", n.

Defn: The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

REMOVABLE Re*mov"a*ble (r-mv"-b'l), a.

Defn: Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.

REMOVAL Re*mov"al (-al), n.

Defn: The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

REMOVE Re*move" (r-mv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Removed (-mvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.] Etym: [OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to move. See Move.]

1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. Goldsmith.

2. To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease. "King Richard thus removed." Shak.

3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

Note: See the Note under Remove, v. i.

REMOVE Re*move" (r-mv"), v. i.

Defn: To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another. Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I can not taint with fear. Shak.

Note: The verb remove, in some of its application, is synonymous with move, but not in all. Thus we do not apply remove to a mere change of posture, without a change of place or the seat of a thing. A man moves his head when he turns it, or his finger when he bends it, but he does not remove it. Remove usually or always denotes a change of place in a body, but we never apply it to a regular, continued course or motion. We never say the wind or water, or a ship, removes at a certain rate by the hour; but we say a ship was removed from one place in a harbor to another. Move is a generic term, including the sense of remove, which is more generally applied to a change from one station or permanent position, stand, or seat, to another station.

REMOVE Re*move", n.

1. The 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. And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. Goldsmith.

2. The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move. It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire. J. H. Newman.

3. The state of being removed. Locke.

4. That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

5. The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year. A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator. Addison.

6. (Far.)

Defn: The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Swift.

REMOVED Re*moved" (r-mvd"), a.

1. Changed in place.

2. Dismissed from office.

3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak.

4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n. Shak.

REMOVER Re*mov"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.

REMUABLE Re*mu"a*ble (r-m"-b'l), a. Etym: [F.]

Defn: That may be removed; removable. [Obs.] Gower.

REMUE Re*mue" (r-m"), v. t. Etym: [F. remuer. See Mew to molt.]

Defn: To remove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMUGIENT Re*mu"gi*ent (r-m"j-ent), a. Etym: [L. remugiens, p. pr. of remugire. See Mugient.]

Defn: Rebellowing. Dr. H. More.

REMUNERABLE Re**mu"ner*a*ble (r-m"nr--b'l), a. Etym: [See Remunerate.]

Defn: Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration. -- Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty (r, n.

REMUNERATE Re*mu"ner*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remunerated (-"td); p. pr. & vb. n. Remunerating.] Etym: [L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re- re- + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present. Cf. Munificent.]

Defn: To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Syn. -- To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy; requite; repay; pay; reimburse.

REMUNERATION Re*mu`ner*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [L. remuneratio: cf. F. rémunération.]

1. The act of remunerating.

2. That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings. Shak.

Syn. -- Reward; recompense; compensation; pay; payment; repayment; satisfaction; requital.

REMUNERATIVE Re*mu"ner*a*tive (r-m"nr--tv), a. Etym: [Cf.F. rémun.]

Defn: Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.

REMUNERATORY Re*mu"ner*a*to*ry (-t-r), a. Etym: [Cf. F. rémun.]

Defn: Remunerative. Johnson.

REMURMUR Re*mur"mur (r-mr"mr), v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. re- + murmur: cf. F. remurmurare.]

Defn: To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs. The trembling trees, in every plain and wood, Her fate remurmur to the silver flood. Pope.

REN Ren (rn), v. t. & i.

Defn: See Renne. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REN Ren, n.

Defn: A run. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENABLE Ren"a*ble (rn"-b'l), a. Etym: [OF. resnable.]

Defn: Reasonable; also, loquacious. [Obs.] "Most renable of tongue." Piers Plowman. -- Ren"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENAISSANCE Re*nais`sance" (F. re-n`sns"; E. r-ns"sans), n. Etym: [F., fr. renaître to be born again. Cf. Renascence.]

Defn: A new birth, or revival. Specifically: (a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries. (b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in mediæval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. ).

RENAISSANT Re*nais"sant (r-ns"sant), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Renaissance.

RENAL Re"nal (r"nal), a. Etym: [L. renalis, fr. renes the kidneys or reins: cf. F. rénal. See Reins.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys. Renal calculus (Med.), a concretion formed in the excretory passages of the kidney. -- Renal capsules or glands, the suprarenal capsules. See under Capsule. -- Renal casts, Renal colic. (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic.

RENAL-PORTAL Re"nal-por`tal (r"nal-pr"tal), a. (Anat.)

Defn: Both renal and portal. See Portal.

RENAME Re*name" (r*nm"), v. t.

Defn: To give a new name to.

RENARD Ren"ard (rn"rd), n. Etym: [F. renard the fox, the name of the fox in a celebrated epic poem, and of German origin, G. Reinhard, OHG. Reginhard, properly, strong in counsel; regin counsel (akin to Goth. ragin) + hart hard. See Hard.]

Defn: A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. [Written also reynard.]

RENARDINE Ren"ard*ine (-n), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.

RENASCENCE Re*nas"cence (r-ns"sens), n. Etym: [See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance.]

1. The state of being renascent. Read the Phrenascence is varied. Coleridge.

2. Same as Renaissance. The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. M. Arnold.

RENASCENCY Re*nas"cen*cy (-sen-s), n.

Defn: State of being renascent.

RENASCENT Re*nas"cent (-sent), a. Etym: [L. renascens, p. pr. of renasci to be born again; pref. re- re- + nasci to be born. See Nascent.]

1. Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.

2. See Renaissant.

RENASCIBLE Re*nas"ci*ble (-s-b'l), a. Etym: [LL. renascibilis, from L. renasci to be born again.]

Defn: Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.

RENATE Re*nate" (r-nt"), a. Etym: [L. renatus, p. p. of renasci.]

Defn: Born again; regenerate; renewed. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

RENAVIGATE Re*nav"i*gate (r-nv"-gt), v. t.

Defn: To navigate again.

RENAY Re*nay" (r-n"), v. t. Etym: [OF. reneier, F. renier, F. renier; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See Renegade.]

Defn: To deny; to disown. [Obs.]

RENCONTRE Ren*con"tre (rn-kn"tr; F. rn`kn"tr'), n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Same as Rencounter, n.

RENCOUNTER Ren*coun"ter (rn-koun"tr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rencountered (-trd); p. pr. & vb/ n. Rencountering.] Etym: [F. rencontrer; pref. re- + OF. encontrer to encounter. See Encounter.]

1. To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

2. To attack hand to hand. [Obs.] Spenser.

RENCOUNTER Ren*coun"ter, v. i.

Defn: To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.

RENCOUNTER Ren*coun"ter, n. Etym: [F. rencontre, from renconter to meet.]

1. A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meetingg in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement. The justling chiefs in rude rencounter join. Granville.

2. A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties. The confederates should . . . outnumber the enemy in all rencounters and engagements. Addison.

Syn. -- Combat; fight; conflict; collision; clash.

REND Rend (rnd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.] Etym: [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries.renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.]

1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.

2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. An empire from its old foundations rent. Dryden. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. 1 Kings xi. 11. To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

Syn. -- To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.

REND Rend, v. i.

Defn: To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split. Jer. Taylor.

RENDER Rend"er (-r), n. Etym: [From Rend.]

Defn: One who rends.

RENDER Ren"der (rn"dr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered (-drd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.] Etym: [F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]

1. To return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser.

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41.

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak.

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts.

5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

8. To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner. He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. Shak.

9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

RENDER Ren"der, v. i.

1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]

2. (Naut.)

Defn: To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. Totten.

RENDER Ren"der, n.

1. A surrender. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A return; a payment of rent. In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. Blackstone.

3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.

RENDERABLE Ren"der*a*ble (rn"dr--b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being rendered.

RENDERER Ren"der*er (-r), n.

1. One who renders.

2. A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.

RENDERING Ren"der*ing, n.

Defn: The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

RENDEZVOUS Ren"dez*vous (rn"d*voo or rn"-; 277), n.; pl. Rendezvouses (r.

Note: [Rare in the plural.] Etym: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. Sir W. Scott.

2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.

3. A meeting by appointment. Sprat.

4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] Shak.

RENDEZVOUS Ren"dez*vous (rn"d-voo or rn"-; 277), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. Rendezvoused (-vood); p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing (-voo*ng).]

Defn: To assemble or meet at a particular place.

RENDEZVOUS Ren"dez*vous, v. t.

Defn: To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. Echard.

RENDIBLE Rend"i*ble (rnd"-b'l), a. Etym: [From Rend.]

Defn: Capable of being rent or torn.

RENDIBLE Ren"di*ble (rn"d-b'l), a. Etym: [See Render.]

Defn: Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

RENDITION Ren*di"tion (rn-dsh"n), n. Etym: [LL. rendere to render: cf. L. redditio. See Render, and cf. Reddition.]

1. The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn.

2. Translation; rendering; version. This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. South.

RENDROCK Rend"rock` (rnd"rk`), n.

Defn: A kind of dynamite used in blasting. [U.S.]

RENEGADE Ren"e*gade (rn"-gd), n. Etym: [Sp. renegado, LL. renegatus, fr. renegare to deny; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See Negation, and cf. Runagate.]

Defn: One faithless to principle or party. Specifically: (a) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith. James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. Macaulay.

(b) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter. Arbuthnot. (c) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.

RENEGADO Ren`e*ga"do (rn`-g"d), n. Etym: [Sp.]

Defn: See Renegade.

RENEGAT Ren"e*gat (rn"-gt), n. Etym: [See Runegate.]

Defn: A renegade. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENEGATION Ren`e*ga"tion (rn`-ga"shn), n.

Defn: A denial. [R.] "Absolute renegation of Christ." Milman.

RENEGE Re*nege" (r-nj" or r-ng"), v. t. Etym: [LL. renegare. See Renegade.]

Defn: To deny; to disown. [Obs.] Shak. All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the trith and thee unholy leagued. Sylvester.

RENEGE Re*nege", v. i.

1. To deny. [Obs.] Shak.

2. (Card Playing)

Defn: To revoke. [R.]

RENERVE Re*nerve" (r-nrv"), v. t.

Defn: To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.

RENEW Re*new" (r-n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reneved (-nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renewing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.]

1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Shak.

2. Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.

3. To begin again; to recommence. The last great age . . . renews its finished course. Dryden.

4. To repeat; to go over again. The birds-their notes renew. Milton.

5. (Theol.)

Defn: To make new spiritually; to regenerate. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

RENEW Re*new", v. i.

Defn: To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

RENEWABILITY Re*new`a*bil"i*ty (--bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality or state of being renewable. [R.]

RENEWABLE Re*new"a*ble (r-n"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. Swift.

RENEWAL Re*new"al (-al), n.

Defn: The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

RENEWEDLY Re*new"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: Again; once more. [U.S.]

RENEWEDNESS Re*new"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being renewed.

RENEWER Re*new"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, renews.

RENEYE Re*neye" (r-n"), v. t. Etym: [See Renay.]

Defn: To deney; to reject; to renounce. [Obs.] For he made every man reneye his law. Chaucer.

RENG Reng (rng), n. Etym: [See Rank, n.]

1. A rank; a row. [Obs.] "In two renges fair." Chaucer.

2. A rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENIDIFICATION Re*nid`i*fi*ca"tion (r-nd`-f-k"shn), n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The act of rebuilding a nest.

RENIFORM Ren"i*form (rn"-frm; 277), a. Etym: [L. renes kidneys + -form: cf. F. réniforme.]

Defn: Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

RENITENCE; RENITENCY Re*ni"tence, Re*ni"ten*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rénitence.]

Defn: The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.

RENITENT Re*ni"tent (-tent), a. Etym: [L. renitens, -entis, p. pr. of renit to strive or struggle against, resist; pref. re- re- + niti to struggle or strive: cf. F. rénitent.]

1. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray.

2. Persistently opposed.

RENNE Ren"ne (rn"ne), v. t.

Defn: To plunder; -- only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENNE Ren"ne, v. i.

Defn: To run. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENNER Ren"ner (-nr), n.

Defn: A runner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENNET Ren"net (rn"nt), n. Etym: [F. rainette, reinette, perhaps fr. raine a tree frog, L. rana, because it is spotted like this kind of frog. Cf. Ranunculus.] (Bot.)

Defn: A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. Mortimer.

RENNET Ren"net, n. Etym: [AS. rinnan, rennan, to run, cf. gerinnan to curdle, coagulate. . See Run, v.]

Defn: The inner, or mucous, membrance of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also runnet.] Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese. -- Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from a soluble to an insoluble form. -- Rennet stomach (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of ruminants.

RENNETED Ren"net*ed, a.

Defn: Provided or treated with rennet. [R.] "Pressed milk renneted." Chapman.

RENNETING Ren"net*ing, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as 1st Rennet.

RENNING Ren"ning (rn"nng), n.

Defn: See 2d Rennet. [Obs.] Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk. Holland.

RENOMEE Re`no*mee" (r`n-m"), n. Etym: [F. renomm.]

Defn: Renown. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENOUNCE Re*nounce" (r-nouns"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Renounced (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing (-noun"sng).] Etym: [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Renunciation.]

1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.

2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off. Shak.

3. (Card Playing)

Defn: To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W.

Syn. -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish; give up; abdicate. -- Renounce, Abjure, Recant. -- To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some proposition previously affirmed and maintained. From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace Can force me to renounce the honor of my race. Dryden. Either to die the death, or to abjure Forever the society of man. Shak. Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. Milton.

RENOUNCE Re*nounce", v. i.

1. To make renunciation. [Obs.] He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden.

2. (Law)

Defn: To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. W. D. Christie.

RENOUNCE Re*nounce", n. (Card Playing)

Defn: Act of renouncing.

RENOUNCEMENT Re*nounce"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [Cf. F. renoncement.]

Defn: The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.

RENOUNCER Re*noun"cer (r-noun"sr), n.

Defn: One who renounces.

RENOVATE Ren"o*vate (rn"-vt), v. t. Etym: [L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New, and Renew.]

Defn: To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson.

RENOVATION Ren`o**va"tion (-v"shn), n. Etym: [L.renovatio: cf. F. rénovation.]

Defn: The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.

RENOVATOR Ren"o*va`tor (rn"-v`tr), n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. rénovateur.]

Defn: One who, or that which, renovates. Foster.

RENOVEL Re*nov"el (r-nv"el), v. t. Etym: [F. renouveler to renew.]

Defn: To renew; to renovate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENOVELANCE Re*nov"el*ance (-ans), n.

Defn: Renewal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENOWME Re*nowme" (r-noum"), n.

Defn: Renown. [Obs.] The glory and renowme of the ancectors. Robynson (More's Utopia).

RENOWMED Re*nowmed" (r-noumd"), a.

Defn: Renowned. [Obs.]

RENOWN Re*nown" (r-noun"), n. Etym: [F. renom. See Noun, and cf. Renown, v.]

1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.

2. Report of nobleness or exploits; praise. This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown. Shak.

RENOWN Re*nown" (r-noun"), v. t. Etym: [F. renommer to name again, celebrate, make famous; pref. re- re- + nommer to name, L. nominare , fr. nomen a name. See Noun.]

Defn: To make famous; to give renown to. [Obs.] For joi to hear me so renown his son. Chapman. The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown. Pope.

RENOWNED Re*nowned" (r-nound"), a.

Defn: Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.

Syn. -- Famous; famed; distinguished; noted; eminent; celebrated; remarkable; wonderful. See Famous.

RENOWNEDLY Re*nown"ed*ly (r-noun"d-l), adv.

Defn: With renown.

RENOWNER Re*nown"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who gives renown. [R.]

RENOWNFUL Re*nown"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Having great renown; famous. "Renownful Scipio." Marston.

RENOWNLESS Re*nown"less, a.

Defn: Without renown; inglorius.