Emily Dickinson Lexicon

remit (-s, -ted), v. [L. re-, back + mittěre, send.]

1. Return; restore; send back
2. Reimburse; pay back.

remnant, n. [OFr remenant; see remain, v.]

Remains; trace; residue; remainder.

remorse, n. [OFr < Late L. remordēre, vex, disturb < re-, again + mordēre, bite, sting, attack.] (webplay: feeling, sense).

1. Sorrow; anguish; grief; pain; intense pity; poignant emotion.
2. Regret; guilt; pain of conscience.

remote (-er, -est), adj. [L. remōt-us < re-, again + movēre, to move.] (webplay: affects, causes, color, future, immediate, mind, move, near, people, small, star).

1. Distant; far away; out of the way
2. Separate; distinct; apart from the current situation; unconnected to the subject at hand
3. High; distant; far away; out of the way.
4. Slight; little; faint

remote (-ly), adv. [see remote, adj.] (webplay: small).

Distantly; far away; out of the way.

remoteness, n. [see remote, adj.] (webplay: alien, foreign, place).

Distance; separation from the present.

remove (-d, -s), v. [OFr < L. re-, again + movēre, move.] (webplay: away, being, change, death, heart, move, residence, thing).

1. Take away; withdraw; shift; put far away; move away.
2. Take off; discard; get rid of.
3. Go; depart; leave; move to somewhere else.

removed, adj. [see remove, v.] (webplay: take).

Separated; taken away; moved apart.

removing, verbal adj. [see remove, v.] (webplay: death, leave, residence, thing).

Moving; changing; hard to comprehend.

rend, v. [OE rendan.]

Tear apart; [fig.] surprise; frighten; catch unawares; burst in on; come unexpectedly to.