remanence 
Neither St. Augustln nor Calvin denied the remanence 
of the will in the fallen spirit. Coleridge. 
2f. That which remains ; a residuum. 
This salt is a volatile one, and requires no strong heat 
to make it sublime into finely figured crystals without a 
remanenee at the bottom. Boyle, Works, III. 81. 
remanencyt (rem'a-nen-si), n. [As remniH n<-t 
(see -cy).] Same "as" remanence. Jer. Taylor, 
Works (ed. 1835), II. 392. 
remanent (rem'a-nent), a. and n. [I. a. < L. 
rcmunen(t-)s, ppr. of: rematiere, remain: see re- 
main. II. n. < ME. remanent, remanant, remc- 
nant, remenaunt, remelant, also syncopated 
remnant, remlant, < OF. remenant, renutm-itt 
= Sp. remanente = It. rimanenle, a remnant, 
residue, < L. rcnmnen(t~)s, remaining: see I. 
Of. remnant, a syncopated fonn of remanent.'] 
1. a. 1. Eemaining. 
There is a remanent felicity in the very memory of those 
spiritual delights. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 251. 
The residual or remanent magnetism of the electro-mag- 
nets is neutralised by the use of a second and indepen- 
dent coil wound in the opposite direction to the primary 
helix. Dredge's Electric Illumination, I., App., p. cxvii. 
2. Additional; other: as, the moderator and 
remanent members of a church court. [Scotch.] 
II. t n. The part remaining ; remnant. 
Her majesty bought of his executrix the remaneavt of the 
last term of three years. Bacon. 
Breke as niyche as thou wylle ete, 
The remelant to pore thou shalle lete. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 300. 
remanet (rem'a-net), n. [< L. remanere, re- 
main : see remain.'] In Eng. law, a suit stand- 
ing over, or a proceeding connected with one 
which is delayed or deferred, 
remanie (re-man-i-a'), a. [F., pp. of remanier, 
handle again, change, < re- + manier, handle : 
see manage.'] Derived from an older bed : said 
of fossils. Sir C. Lyell. 
remark 1 (re-mark'), v. [< OF. remarquer, re- 
merquier, I*, remarquer, mark, note, heed, < re-, 
again, + marquer, mark: see mark 1 , v. Cf. re- 
mark%.~\ I. trans. 1. To observe; note in the 
mind; take notice of without audible expres- 
sion. 
Then with another humourous ruth remark'd 
The lusty mowers laboring dinnerless, 
And watch'd the sun blaze on the turning scythe. 
Tennyson, Geraiut 
He does not look as if he hated them, so far as I have 
remarked his expression. 
0. W. Holmes, A Mortal Antipathy, xiv. 
2. To express, as a thought that has occurred 
to the speaker or writer; utter or write byway 
of comment or observation. 
The writer well remarks, a heart that knows 
To take with gratitude what Heav'n bestows 
... is all in all. Cowper, Hope, 1. 429. 
Bastian remarks that the Arabic language has the same 
word for epilepsy and possession by devils. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of 8ociol., S 122. 
3f. To mark; point out; distinguish. 
They are moved by shame, and punished by disgrace, 
and remarked by punishments, . . . and separated from 
sober persons by laws. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 683. 
Offic. Hebrews, the prisoner Samson here I seek. 
Char. His manacles remark him ; there he sits. 
Milton, 8. A., 1. 1309. 
II. intrans. To make observations ; observe. 
remark 1 (re-mark'), n. [< OF. remarque, re- 
merque, F. remarque (= It. rimarco, impor- 
tance), < remarquer, remark : see remark 1 , v.] 
1. The act of remarking or taking notice ; no- 
tice or observation. 
The cause, tho' worth the search, may yet elude 
Conjecture, and remark, however shrewd. 
Cowper, Table-Talk, 1. 205. 
2. A notice, note, or comment ; an observa- 
tion : as, the remarks of an advocate ; the re- 
marks made in conversation ; the remarks of a 
critic. 
Then hire a slave ... to make remarks, 
Who rules in Cornwall, or who rules in Berks : . . . 
"That makes three members, this can choose a mayor." 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, I. vi. 103. 
3. Noticeable appearance ; note. 
There was a man of special grave remark. 
Thomson, Castle of Indolence, 1. 67. 
4. In line-engraving and etching: (a) A distin- 
guishing mark or peculiarity of any kind, indi- 
cating any particular state of the plate prior to 
its completion. The remark may be a slight sketch 
made by the engraver on the margin of his plate, or it may 
consist merely in the absence of certain detail or features 
of the finished work. Thus in a first proof of an etching 
the absence of retouching with the dry point, or of a final 
rebiting, constitutes a remark ; or in a line-engraving it 
may consist in the presence or absence of some minor ob- 
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ject, or of certain lines representing texture or shading, 
which in a later state of the plate are removed or added. 
The old legend still lingers that the remarque began 
when some unknown etcher tried his point upon the edge 
of his plate just before taking his first impressions. The 
belief yet obtains that the remarque testifies to the etcher's 
supreme satisfaction with a supreme effort. But as a mat- 
ter of fact the remarque has become any kind of a fanciful 
supplementary sketcn. not necessarily appropriate, not al- 
ways done by the etcher, and appearing upon a number of 
impressions which seem to be limited only at the will of 
artist or dealer. Sometimes we see 50 remarque proofs 
announced, and again 300. 
New York Tribune, Feb. 6, 1887. 
(6) A print or proof bearing or characterized 
by a remark; a remarked proof, or remark 
proof. Also written raargue.=syn. 2. Remark, 
Observation, Comment, Commentary, Reflection, Note, An- 
notation, Oloss. A remark is brief and cursory, suggested 
by present circumstances and presumably without pre- 
Tious thought. An observation is made with some thought 
and care. A comment is a remark or observation bear- 
ing closely upon some situation of facts, some previous 
utterance, or some published work. Remark may be 
substituted by modesty for observation. When printed, 
remarks, observations, or comments may be called reflections : 
as, Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France"; 
when they are systematic in explanation of a work, they 
may be called a commentary: as, Lange's "Commentary on 
Matthew." A note is primarily a brief writing to help the 
memory ; then a marginal comment : notes is sometimes 
used modestly for commentary : as, Barnes's "Notes on the 
Psalms " ; Trench's "Notes on the Parables." A marginal 
comment is more definitely expressed by annotation. A 
gloss is a comment made for the purpose of explanation, 
especially upon a word or passage in a foreign language or 
a peculiar dialect. 
remark 2 (re-mark'), v. t. [< re- + mark 1 ; cf. 
F. remarquer = Sp. remarear, mark again.] To 
mark anew or a second time. 
remarkable (re-mar'ka-bl), a. and . [< OF. 
(and F.) remarquable = It. rimareabile; as re- 
mark 1 + -able.] I. a. 1. Observable; worthy 
of notice. 
This day will be remarkable in my life 
By some great act. Milton, S. A., 1. 1388. 
Tis remarkable that they 
Talk most who have the least to say. 
Prior, Alma, ii. 
2. Extraordinary; unusual; deserving of par- 
ticular notice ; such as may excite admiration 
or wonder; conspicuous; distinguished. 
There is nothing left remarkable 
Beneath the visiting moon. 
Shak., A. andC.,iv. 16. 67. 
I have breakfasted again with Rogers. The party was 
a remarkable one Lord John Russell, Tom Moore, Tom 
Campbell, and Luttrell. 
Macavlay, Life and Letters, I. 207. 
=Syn. Noticeable, notable, rare, strange, wonderful, un- 
common, singular, striking. 
Il.t n. Something noticeable, extraordinary, 
or exceptional ; a noteworthy thing or circum- 
stance. 
Jerusalem won by the Turk, with wofull remarkables 
thereat. Fuller, Holy War, ii. 46 (title). (Dames.) 
Some few remarkables are not only still remembered, 
but also well attested. C. Slather, Mag. Chris., iv. 1. 
remarkableness (re-mar'ka-bl-nes), n. The 
character of being' remarkable; observable- 
ness ; worthiness of remark ; the quality of de- 
serving particular notice. 
remarkably (re-mar'ka-bli), adv. In a remark- 
able manner ; 'in a manner or degree worthy 
of notice ; in an extraordinary manner or de- 
gree ; singularly ; surprisingly, 
remarked (re-markt'),^>. a. 1. Conspicuous; 
noted; remarkable. 
You speak of two 
The most remark'd i' the kingdom. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., v. 1. 33. 
2. In plate-engraving and etching, bearing or 
characterized by a remark. See remark 1 , n., 4. 
remarker (re-mar'ker), n. One who remarks ; 
one who makes remarks ; a critic. 
She pretends to be a remarker, and looks at every body. 
Steele, Lying Lover, ill. 1. 
remarque, . See remark 1 , 4. 
remarriage (re-mar'aj), n. [< OF. (and F.) re- 
marriage; as re- + marriage.'] Any marriage 
after the first ; a repeated marriage. 
With whom [the Jews] polygamy and remarriages, after 
unjust divorces, were in ordinary use. 
Up. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, i. 18. 
remarry (re-mar'i), v. t. and i. [< F. remarier 
= Pr. remaridar; as re- + marry 1 ."] To marry 
again or a second time. 
remasticate (re-mas'ti-kat), v. t. [< re- + mas- 
ticate. Cf. F. remastiquer."] To chew again, as 
the cud; ruminate. Imp. Diet. 
remastication (re-mas-ti-ka'shon), n. [< re- 
masticate + -ion.] The act or process of re- 
masticating; rumination. Imp. Diet. 
remberget, n. Same as ramberge. 
remediless 
remblai (ron-bla'J, . [< F. remblai, < rembliiy- 
er, OF. remblayer, rembler, embank, < re- + cm- 
blayer, emblaer, embarrass, hinder, lit. ' sow with 
grain': see emblement.] 1. In fort., the earth 
or materials used to form the whole mass of 
rampart and parapet. It may contain more 
than the d6blai from the ditch. 2. In engin., 
the mass of earth brought to form an embank- 
ment in the case of a railway or canal travers- 
ing a natural depression of surface. 
remble (rem'bl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. rembled, 
ppr. rembling. [Perhaps a var. of ramble: see 
ramble.] To move ; remove. [Prov. Eng.] 
Theer wur a boggle in it [the waste], . . . 
But I stubb'd 'um oop wi' the lot, and raaved an' rembled 
'um cot. Tennyson, Northern Farmer (Old Style). 
Remboth, n. See Remoboth. 
Rembrandtesque (rem-bran-tesk'), a. [< Bem- 
brandt (see def.) + -esque.] Resembling the 
manner or style of the great Dutch painter and 
etcher Rembrandt (died 1669) ; specifically, in 
art, characterized by the studied contrast of 
high lights and deep shadows, with suitable 
treatment of chiaroscuro. 
Rembrandtish (rem'brant-ish), a. [< Sem- 
brandt + -ish 1 .'] Sanae&aBembrandtesque. Athe- 
nseum, No. 3201, p. 287. 
reme 1 !, A Middle English form of ream 1 . 
reme' 2 t, A Middle English form of realm. 
remead, . See remede. 
remeant (re-men'), v. t. [ME. remenen; < re- + 
mean 1 .] To give meaning to ; interpret. Wyclif. 
Of love y schalle hem so remene 
That thon schalt knowe what they mene. 
Bower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 40. (Halliwell.) 
remeant (re'me-ant), a. [< L. remean(t-)s, ppr. 
of remeare, go or come back, < re-, back, + 
meare, go: see meatus.~\ Coming back; return- 
ing. [Rare.] 
Most exalted Prince, 
Whose peerless knighthood, like the remeant sun 
After too long a night, regilds our clay. 
Kingsley, Saint's Tragedy, ii. 8. 
remede (re-med'), . [Also remead, remeed, Sc. 
remeid; < OF. remede, F. remede, a remedy: see 
remedy.'] Remedy; redress; help. [Old Eng. 
or Scotch.] 
But what is thanne a remede unto this, 
But that we shape us soone for to mete? 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1272. 
If it is for ony heinous crime, 
There 's nae remeid for thee. 
Lang Johnny Moir (Child's Ballads, IV. 276). 
The town's people were passing sorry for bereaving them 
of their arms by such an uncouth slight but no remead. 
Spalding, Hist. Troubles in Scotland, I. 230. (Jamieson.) 
An' strive, wi' al' your wit an' lear. 
To get remead. 
Burns, Prayer to the Scotch Representatives. 
remediable (re-me'di-a-bl), a. [< OF. reme- 
diable, F. remediable = Sp. remediable = Pg. 
remediavel = It. rimediabile, < ML. *remediabilis, 
capable of being remedied, < remediare, reme- 
dy : see remedy, .] Capable of being reme- 
died or cured . 
Not remediable by courts of equity. 
Bacon, Advice to the King. 
remediableness (re-me'di-a-bl-nes), n. The 
state or character of being remediable. Imp. 
Diet. 
remediably (re-me'di-a-bli), adv. In a remedi- 
able manner or condition ; so as to be suscep- 
tible of remedy or cure. Imp. Diet. 
remedial (re-me'di-al), a. [< L. remedialis, 
healing, remedial, < remediare, remediari, heal, 
cure: see remedy, v.] Affording a remedy; 
intended for a remedy or for the removal of an 
evil: as, to adopt remedial measures. 
They shall have redress by audita qnerela, which is a 
writ of a most remedial nature. 
Blackstone, Com., III. xxv. 
But who can set limits to the remedial force of spirit ? 
Emerson, Nature, p. 86. 
Remedial statutes. See statute. 
remedially (re-me'di-al-i), adv. In a remedial 
manner. Im)>, Diet. 
remediatet (re-me'di-at), a. [< L. remediates, 
pp. of remediari, heal, cure: see remedy, v.] 
Remedial. 
All yon unpublish'd virtues of the earth, 
Spring with my tears ! be aidant and remediate 
In the good man's distress ! Shak., Lear, iv. 4. 17. 
remediless (rem'e-di-les), a. [< ME. remedy- 
lesse ; < remedy + -less.] If. Without a remedy ; 
not possessing a remedy. 
Thus welle y wote y am remedt/lesse, 
For me no thyng may comforte nor amend. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 181. (HalliweU.) 
2. Not admitting a remedy ; incurable ; des- 
perate : as, a remediless disease. 
