Reluctate Re·luc"tate intransitive verb [ See Reluct .] To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose. [ Obsolete] "To delude their reluctating consciences." Dr. H. More.

Reluctation Rel`uc·ta"tion noun Repugnance; resistance; reluctance. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Reluctivity Rel`uc·tiv"i·ty noun (Electricity) Specific reluctance.

Relume Re·lume" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Relumed (-l?md"); present participle & verbal noun Reluming .] [ Old French relumer (cf. French rallumer ), Latin reluminare ; prefix re- re- + luminare to light. Confer Reillume .] To rekindle; to light again.

Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new.

Pope.

I know not where is that Promethean heat
That can thy light relume .

Shak.

Relumine Re·lu"mine transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Relumined (-m?nd); present participle & verbal noun Relumining .] [ See Relume .] 1. To light anew; to rekindle. Shak.

2. To illuminate again.

Rely Re·ly" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Relied (-l?d"); present participle & verbal noun Relying .] [ Prefix re- + lie to rest.] To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on , formerly also with in .

Go in thy native innocence; rely
On what thou hast of virtue.

Milton.

On some fond breast the parting soul relies .

Gray.

Syn. -- To trust; depend; confide; repose.

Remade Re·made" (r?-m?d"), imperfect & past participle of Remake .

Remain Re·main" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Remained (-m?nd"); present participle & verbal noun Remaining .] [ Old French remaindre , remanoir , Latin remanere ; prefix re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion , and confer Remainder , Remnant .]

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

Gather up the fragments that remain .

John vi. 12.

Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

1 Cor. xv. 6.

That . . . remains to be proved.

Locke.

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

Remain a widow at thy father's house.

Gen. xxxviii. 11.

Childless thou art; childless remain .

Milton.

Syn. -- To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.

Remain Re·main" transitive verb To await; to be left to. [ Archaic]

The easier conquest now remains thee.

Milton.

Remain Re·main" noun 1. State of remaining; stay. [ Obsolete]

Which often, since my here remain in England,
I 've seen him do.

Shak.

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison.

When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.

Burke.

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Old warriors whose adored remains
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!

Pope.

(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains .

Remainder Re·main"der noun [ Old French remaindre , inf. See Remain .] 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.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

3. (Law) 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 adjective Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage.

Shak.

Remainder-man Re·main"der-man (- măn) noun ; plural Remainder-men (-mĕn). (Law) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder , noun , 3. Blackstone.

Remake Re·make" transitive verb To make anew.

Remand Re·mand" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Remanded ; present participle & verbal noun Remanding .] [ French remander to send word again, Latin remandare ; prefix re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate .] To recommit; to send back.

Remand it to its former place.

South.

Then were they remanded to the cage again.

Bunyan.

Remand Re·mand" noun The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Remandment Re·mand"ment (-m e nt) noun A remand.

Remanence Rem"a·nence (r?m"?*n e ns), Rem"a*nen*cy (-n e n*s?) noun [ Confer Old French remanence , Late Latin remanentia , from Latin remanens . See Remanent , adjective ] The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence. [ R.] Jer. Taylor.

The remanence of the will in the fallen spirit.

Coleridge.

Remanent Rem"a·nent (-n e nt) noun [ See Remanent , adjective ] That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

Remanent Rem"a·nent adjective [ Latin remanens , present participle of remanere . See Remain , and confer Remnant .] 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 noun [ Latin , it remains.] (Legal Practice) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. [ Eng.]

Remark Re·mark" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Remarked (-m?rkt"); present participle & verbal noun Remarking .] [ French remarquer ; prefix re- re- + marquer to mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to English mark . See Mark , v. & noun ] 1. To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [ Obsolete]

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" intransitive verb To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

Remark Re·mark" noun [ Confer French 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 adjective [ French remarquable .] 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 , noun -- Re*mark"a*bly , adverb

Remarker Re·mark"er noun One who remarks.

Remarque Re·marque" noun 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 noun A second or repeated marriage.

Remarry Re·mar"ry transitive verb & i. To marry again.

Remast Re·mast" transitive verb To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

Remasticate Re·mas"ti·cate transitive verb To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

Remastication Re·mas`ti·ca"tion noun The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

Remberge Rem"berge noun See Ramberge .

Remblai Rem`blai" noun [ French, from remblayer to fill up an excavation, to embank.] (Fort. & Engin.) Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

Remble Rem"ble (r...m"b'l) transitive verb [ Confer Old French embler to steal, from Latin involare to fly into or at, to carry off.] To remove. [ Prov. Eng.] Grose. Tennyson.

Reme Reme (r...m) noun Realm. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Remean Re·mean" (r...-m...n") transitive verb To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.

Remeant Re"me·ant (r..."m...* a nt) adjective [ Latin remeans , -antis , present participle of remeare to go or come back.] Coming back; returning. [ R.] "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.

Remeasure Re·meas"ure transitive verb To measure again; to retrace.

They followed him . . .
The way they came, their steps remeasured right.

Fairfax.

Remede Re·mede" noun Remedy. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Remediable Re·me"di·a·ble adjective [ Latin remediabilis : confer French remédiable .] Capable of being remedied or cured.

-- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness , noun - Re*me"di*a*bly , adverb

Remedial Re·me"di·al (- a l) adjective [ Latin remedialis .] 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 adverb In a remedial manner.

Remediate Re·me"di·ate adjective Remedial. [ R.] Shak.

Remediless Re·med"i·less adjective 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. [ Obsolete]

Forced to forego the attempt remediless .

Spenser.

Syn. -- Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.

-- Re*med"i*less , adverb [ Obsolete] Udall. -- Re*med"i*less*ly , adverb -- Re*med"i*less*ness , noun

Remedy Rem"e·dy noun ; plural Remedies (-d...z). [ Latin remedium ; prefix re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: confer French 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) 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 transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Remedied (-d?d); present participle & verbal noun Remedying .] [ Latin remediare , remediari : confer French rem...dier . See Remedy , noun ] 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" transitive verb To melt again.

Remember Re·mem"ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Remembered (-b?rd); present participle & verbal noun Remembering .] [ Old French remebrer , Latin rememorari ; prefix re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory , and confer 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 anything, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before.

I. 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. [ Obsolete] " 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. [ Obsolete] "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 intransitive verb To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. Shak.

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