n. Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing antisemitism. -- An`ti-Sem"ite n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of an extinct English order of monks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chemical + -type. ] (Engraving) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting. ] [ L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise. ] 1. To let fall; to depress. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ peacocks ] demit and let fall the same [ i. e., their train ]. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

General Conway demitted his office. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. démettre to remove, se démettre to resign; dé- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. Dismiss. ] To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Fine Arts) (a) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light. (b) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) Semitone. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emitted p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting. ] [ L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission. ] 1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit
His fatal arrows. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emittens, p. pr. emittere. ] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ pr. p. of emit (definition 2) ] giving off light or heat or radiation; as, the physical temperature of the emitting material. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. pl. [ NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign, moan. ] (Zool.) A division of birds including the true pigeons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hemitonium, Gr. &unr_;. ] See Semitone.

a. [ Hemi- + Gr. &unr_; to turn: cf. F. hémitrope. ] Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Hemitrope. ] 1. Turned half round; half inverted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Crystallog.) Twin composition in crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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.; pl. Semitae. [ L., a path. ] (Zool.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The tangent of half an arc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [ Written also Shemite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Nat. Hist.) Half terete. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. -- n. An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [ Written also Shemitic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phœnician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [ Written also Shemitism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone. ] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone. J. S. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones. [ 1913 Webster ]