Word Meanings - REMISSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.

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• ABATVOIX
  The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
• ABATER
  One who, or that which, abates.
• ABATE
  1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. Macaulay. 2. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates. To abate
• FORGIVER
  One who forgives. Johnson.
• FORGIVING
  Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.
• REMITTEE
  One to whom a remittance is sent.
• ABATTOIR
  A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
• FORGIVE
  forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See 1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. To them that list the world's gay shows I leave,
• ABATEMENT
  A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon. (more info) 1. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof. 2. The amount
• ABATURE
  Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. Crabb.
• REMITTAL
  A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift.
• FORGIVENESS
  1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. 2. Disposition to pardon;
• ABATISED
  Provided with an abatis.
• REMITTITUR
  A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton.
• ABATOR
  One who abates a nuisance. A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone.
• FORGIVABLE
  Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood.
• REMITTENT
  Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever , a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.
• ABATABLE
  Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
• REMITTANCE
  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. 2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison.
• ABATIS; ABATTIS
  A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
• RABATINE
  A collar or cape. Sir W. Scott.
• ANABATIC
  Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.
• DIABATERIAL
  Passing over the borders. Mitford.
• ADIABATIC
  Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.
• STABAT MATER
  A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross"
• UNREMITTING
  Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. Cowper. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ly, adv. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ness, n.
• RABAT
  A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.