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Religionary

Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.

Religionist

One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.

Religiosity

The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.

Religious

A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Reliquary

A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

Reliquian

Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.

Reliquidation

A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.

Relish

The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Relishable

Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.

Relive

To recall to life; to revive.

Reload

To load again, as a gun.

Reloan

A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.

Relucent

Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.

Reluct

To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Reluctancy Reluctance

The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.

Reluctant

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Reluctate

To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

Relume

To rekindle; to light again.

Rely

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.

Remain

State of remaining; stay.

Remainder-man

One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.

Remand

The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Remanet

A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.

Remark

Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

Remarkable

Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.

Remarque proof Remark Remarque

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. A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.

Remast

To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

Remasticate

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

Remastication

The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

Remblai

Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

Remean

To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.

Remedial

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

Remediless

Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.

Remedy

To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

Remember

To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.

Remembrancer

One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.

Rememorate

To recall something by means of memory; to remember.

Rememoration

A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.

Remiges

The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Remigrate

To migrate again; to go back; to return.

Remigration

Migration back to the place from which one came.

Remind

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

Reminder

One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

Remindful

Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind.

Reminiscence

The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

Reminiscent

One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

Remiped

An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans. One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

Remise

A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.

Remiss

The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

Remissful

Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement.

Remission

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

Remissly

In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

Remissory

Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.

Remit

To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

Remitment

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

Remittal

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.

Remittance

The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

Remittee

One to whom a remittance is sent.

Remittent

Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.

Remitter

One who remits. One who pardons. One who makes remittance.

Remittitur

A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.

Remittor

One who makes a remittance; a remitter.

Remix

To mix again or repeatedly.

Remodel

To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.

Remodify

To modify again or anew; to reshape.

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