Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-MAINS, n. [plur.]

1. That which is left after a part is separated, taken away or destroyed; as, the remains of a city or house demolished.
2. A dead body; a corpse. – Pope. The singular, remain, in the like sense, and in the sense of abode, is entirely obsolete. – Shak.

RE-MAKE, v.t. [pret. and pp. Remade. re and make.]

To make anew.

RE-MAND', v.t. [Fr. remander; L. re and mando.]

To call or send back him or that which is ordered to a place; as, to remand an officer from a distant place; to remand an envoy from a foreign court.

RE-MAN'DED, pp.

Called or sent back.

RE-MAND'ING, ppr.

Calling or sending back.

RE-MAND'MENT, n.

A remanding or ordering back. – Jefferson.

RE-MA'NENCE, or RE-MA'NEN-CY, n.

A remaining.

REM'A-NENT, a.

Remaining. [Little used.] – Taylor.

REM'A-NENT, n. [L. remanens.]

The part remaining. [Little used.] [It is contracted into remnant.]

RE-MARK', n. [Fr. remarque; re and mark.]

Notice or observation, particularly notice or observation expressed in words or writing; as, the remarks of an advocate; the remarks made in conversation; the judicious or the uncandid remarks of a critic. A remark is not always expressed, for we say, a man makes his remarks on a preacher's sermon while he is listening to it. In this case the notice is silent, a mere act of the mind.

RE-MARK', v.t. [Fr. remarquer.]

1. To observe; to note in the mind; to take notice of without expression. I remarked the manner of the speaker; I remarked his elegant expressions.
2. To express in words or writing what one thinks or sees; to express observations; as, it is necessary to repeat what has been before remarked.
3. To mark; to point out; to distinguish. [Not in use.] His manacles remark him. – Milton.

RE-MARK'A-BLE, a. [Fr. remarquable.]

1. Observable; worthy of notice. 'Tis remarkable that they / Talk most, who have the least to say. – Prior.
2. Extraordinary; unusual; that deserves particular notice, or that may excite admiration or wonder; as, the remarkable preservation of lives in shipwreck. The dark day in May, 1790, was a remarkable phenomenon.

RE-MARK'A-BLE-NESS, n.

Observableness; worthiness of remark; the quality of deserving particular notice. – Hammond.

RE-MARK'A-BLY, adv.

1. In a manner or degree worthy of notice; as, the winters of 1825, 1826 and 1828, were remarkably free from snow. The winter of 1827 was remarkable for a great quantity of snow.
2. In an extraordinary manner.

RE-MARK'ED, pp.

Noticed; observed; expressed in words or writing.

RE-MARK'ER, n.

An observer; one who makes remarks. – Watts.

RE-MARK'ING, ppr.

Observing; taking notice of; expressing in words or writing.

RE-MAR'RI-ED, pp.

Married again or a second time.

RE-MAR'RY, v.t. [re and marry.]

To marry again or a second time. – Tindal.

RE-MAR'RY-ING, ppr.

Marrying again or a second time.

RE-MAST, v.t.

To furnish with a second mast or set of masts.

RE-MAS'TI-CATE, v.t. [re and masticate.]

To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as in chewing the cud.

RE-MAS'TI-CA-TED, pp.

Chewed again or repeatedly.

RE-MAS'TI-CA-TING, ppr.

Chewing again or over and over.

RE-MAS-TI-CA'TION, n.

The act of masticating again or repeatedly.