n. Realm. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. remeans, -antis, p. pr. of remeare to go or come back. ] Coming back; returning. [ R. ] “Like the remeant sun.” C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To measure again; to retrace. [ 1913 Webster ]
They followed him . . .
The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Remedy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. remediabilis: cf. F. remédiable. ] Capable of being remedied or cured. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. remedialis. ] Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil;
Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a remedial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Remedial. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Forced to forego the attempt remediless. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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