Definition of remit

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Remit (v. i.) 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..

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Ovate-subulate :: Ovate-subulate (a.) Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity..
Glome :: Glome (n.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.
Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..
Indefatigable :: Indefatigable (a.) Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application..
Nose :: Nose (n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) 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..
Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..
Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
Lop :: Lop (v. t.) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho/ -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches..
Sur- :: Supremity (n.) Supremacy.
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..
Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country..
Pott''s Disease :: Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon..
Acrolith :: Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood..
Extremities :: Extremities (pl. ) of Extremit.
Extremity :: Extremity (n.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever..
Semicupium :: Semicupium (n.) A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath..
Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
Unremitting :: Unremitting (a.) Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions..
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