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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.

Remonetize

To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

Remonstrance

The act of remonstrating A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.

Remonstrant

One who remonstrates one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

Remonstrate

To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation.

Remonstrative

Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.

Remontant

Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.

Remorse

The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.

Remorseless

Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless.

Remote

Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

Remount

The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

Removal

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

Remove

The act of removing; a removal.

Remover

One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks.

Remunerate

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Remunerative

Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business.

Remurmur

To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.

Renable

Reasonable; also, loquacious.

Renaissance

A new birth, or revival. The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries. The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.

Renal

Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.

Renard

A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.

Renardine

Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.

Renascent

Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.

Renascible

Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.

Renate

Born again; regenerate; renewed.

Rencounter

A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.

Rend

To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

Rendering

The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. The coat of plaster thus laid on. The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

Rendezvous

To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.

Rendible

Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

Rendrock

A kind of dynamite used in blasting.

Renegade

One faithless to principle or party. An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.

Renerve

To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.

Renew

To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

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