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1. That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue. Chaucer.

The remnant that are left of the captivity.

Neh. i. 3.

The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience.

Dryden.

2. A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.

Some odd quirks and remnants of wit.

Shak.

3. (Com.) An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Syn. -- Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

Re*mod"el (r?-m?d"?l), v. t. To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.

The corporation had been remodeled.

Macaulay.

Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion (-?-f?-k?"sh?n), n. The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.

Re*mod"i*fy (r?-m?d"?-f?), v. t. To modify again or anew; to reshape.

{ ||Ré`mo`lade" (r?`m?`l?d"), ||Ré`mou`lad" (r?`m??`l?d"), } n. [F.] A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.

{ Re*mold", Re*mould" } (r*mld"), v. t. To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.

Re*mol"lient (r?-m?l"yent or -l?-ent), a. [L. remolliens, p. pr. of remollire to mollify: cf. F. rémollient. See Mollient.] Mollifying; softening. [R.]

Re*mon`e*ti*za"tion (r?-m?n`?-t?-z?"sh?n or -m?n`-), n. The act of remonetizing.

Re*mon"e*tize (-t?z), v. t. To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

Re*mon"strance (-m?n"strans), n. [Cf. OF. remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate.] 1. The act of remonstrating; as: (a) A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. [Obs.]

You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost.

Shak.

(b) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.

2. (R.C.Ch.) Same as Monstrance.

Re*mon"strant (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F. remontrant.] Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

Re*mon"strant, n. One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), 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.

Re*mon"strant*ly, adv. In a remonstrant manner.