n. See Hermitage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hermit. ] A hermit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite. Keats.

{ } a. Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. “An eremitical life in the woods.” Fuller. “The eremitic instinct.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eremitic. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Extremities [ L. extremitas: cf. F. extrémité. ] 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. “The extremity of bodily pain.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. Milton.

Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., sing. & pl. [ L., a murmuring, roaring. ] (Med.) Palpable vibration or thrill; as, the rhonchial fremitus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ See Hermit. ] A hermit. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being remitted; irremissible. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of failing to meet a financial obligation.
Syn. -- default, nonpayment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.
Syn. -- nonpayment, default. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Pentremites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; five + L. remus an oar. ] (Zool.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To premise. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Remitting. ] [ L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss. ] 1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To restore. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. “Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.” Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. “Whether the counsel be good I remit it to the wise readers.” Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. [ 1913 Webster ]

So willingly doth God remit his ire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. John xx. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. “The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send money, as in payment. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) One to whom a remittance is sent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent. ] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who remits. Specifically: (a) One who pardons. (b) One who makes remittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (it) is remitted. ] (Law) (a) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. (b) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who makes a remittance; a remitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. supremitas. ] Supremacy. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. Cowper. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ly, adv. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]