Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: RE-MAINS – RE-MAS-TI-CA'TION
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RE-MAINS, n. [plur.]
- That which is left after a part is separated, taken away or destroyed; as, the remains of a city or house demolished.
- 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.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To mark; to point out; to distinguish. [Not in use.] His manacles remark him. – Milton.
RE-MARK'A-BLE, a. [Fr. remarquable.]
- Observable; worthy of notice. 'Tis remarkable that they / Talk most, who have the least to say. – Prior.
- 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.
Observableness; worthiness of remark; the quality of deserving particular notice. – Hammond.
RE-MARK'A-BLY, adv.
- 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.
- 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.
The act of masticating again or repeatedly.