▪ I. † ˈremanent, n. Obs.
[See next.]
1. The remainder, the remaining part, the rest: a. of a thing or number of things.
| 1414 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 22/2 That ever it stande in the fredom of your hie Regalie to graunte whiche of thoo [things] that you luste, & to wernne the remanent. 1463 in Somerset Med. Wills (1901) 199 The remanent restith in the kepyng of thabbat of Glasten. 1582 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 23 Beholding..yf that knight Antheus haplye Were frusht, or remanent of Troian nauye wer hulling. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. *v b, I will pursue and addresse the remanent of my studyes. Ibid. 23 b/1 We must cut of the threde, and cure the remanent of the wound. 1640–1 Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 167 The remanent of hir said husband's rentes and estaite. |
b. of a number of persons. (Also pl.)
| 1478 Liber Niger in S. Pegge Cur. Misc. (1782) 78 The remanent of their servants to be at their livery in the Country. 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) II. 324 The remanent assayle him with envy. 1549 Compl. Scot. ix. 76 He sleu men, vemen, ande childir,..the remanent of the pepil var constrenȝeit to fle. 1571 Campion Hist. Irel. ii. iii. (1633) 75 To settle the Realme of Ireland, King Iohn..banished the Lacyes,..subdued the remanents, tooke pledges [etc.]. 1651 Barksdale Nympha Libethris (1816) 34 The female remanent, with observant eye, I'd have to learn her mother's housewifery. |
2. A remaining part or amount; a remnant; pl. remains.
| a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 58 On the next morning..in every office of household, the remanentes must be taken. 1570 Grindal Let. to Cecil Wks. (Parker Soc.) 325, I am informed..that among the people there are many remanents of the old [religion]. 1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 252 Some remanents that were kept to be eaten. 1632 Lithgow Trav. vi. 273 The remanents of that house..is turned ouer for a shelterage to sheepe. |
b. A continuation. rare—1.
| 1482 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 1 Referre them to my copey, in whyche is wretyn a remanente lyke to this forseyd werke. |
3. Arith. A remainder.
| c 1430 Art of Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 5 [The number] wherof me shalle with-draw [is] 24. The nombre to be with-draw, 6. The remanent, 18. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 91 The remanent shallbe the iust eleuation of the Pole. |
▪ II. remanent, a.
(ˈrɛmənənt)
[ad. L. remanent-em, pres. pple. of remanēre to remain.]
† 1. In predicative use: Remaining, staying, abiding; continuing to exist. Obs.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 425 Thei were chaungede in to other similitudes,..the mynde of man remanente in theyme. Ibid. III. 143 Kynge Astiages toke a grete hoste to this Arpagus, to fiȝhte ageyne men of Persides, hym selfe remanent in Medea. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 488 The faith of Christ..In the citie of legions was truely remanent. 1549 Compl. Scot. i. 23 Remanent vitht in the plane mane landis far vitht in oure cuntre. 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Disc. iv. §18 There is no effect remanent upon the body. |
2. a. Left behind, remaining, when the rest is removed, used, done, etc. Now rare.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 15 Gedrenge the eres of cornes remanent. Ibid., The fragmentes of the cophinnes remanent. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 7 The very remanent snuff of original goodness must languish out in a stinking dissoluteness. 1651 Jer. Taylor Clerus Dom. 30 This being..the onely remanent expresse of Christs sacrifice on earth. 1715 tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. I. i. iv. 12 Its remanent stringy Substance may be so comb'd and teaz'd, as to be weav'd into a Web. 1814 Mrs. J. West Alicia de Lacy IV. 93 Some remanent affections of unsubdued nature carnalized her heart. |
b. (Chiefly Sc.) Remaining over and above; other; additional. Now rare.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. viii. 39 Bi an huge gret quantite ouer the remanent parti of the same lawe. 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. ii. (S.T.S.) I. 135 Þai and þe remanent conspiratouris..began to commoun of mony hie materis. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 53/1 Corrodent bones doe alter and permutate the remanent part of bone. 1682 in Scott. Antiq. (1901) July 8 Chancelor of the said wniversaty and..the remanent members of the said facultie. a 1691 Sir G. Mackenzie in 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 421/1, I have sent your Grace the remanent sheets of the first part of my Criminalls. 1774 in A. M{supc}Kay Hist. Kilmarnock App. iii. 305 Remanent counsellors above named. 1823 M'Clatchie Douglas III. xvii. 227 The Earl..went out to give the remanent orders of the day to his troops. 1884 Chr. World 5 June 426/1 The Moderator, and ‘remanent members’ of the Assembly. |
3. Law. = remanet 2 a (see quot. 1829). Hence ˈremanentcy, the adjournment of an action. Now rare.
| 1808 Bentham Sc. Reform 76 By the terrors of remanentcy, as above explained, the plaintiff consents to accept a part of what is his due, giving up the rest. |
4. Physics. Of magnetism: remaining in a substance or specimen after removal of the magnetizing field.
| 1866 E. Atkinson tr. Ganot's Elem. Treat. Physics (ed. 2) X. v. 678 The iron used for the electromagnet..must be pure, and be made as soft as possible... If this is not the case the bar retains, even after the passage of the current a quantity of magnetism which is called the remanent magnetism. 1880 Nature XXI. 436/2 The remanent magnetism..seems weakened. 1912, 1931 [see retentivity 1]. 1939 L. F. Bates Mod. Magnetism viii. 258 In general, the remanent magnetism possessed by a ferromagnetic which has been placed in a strong field is sufficient to give satisfactory deflections of a sensitive astatic magnetometer system. 1944 Proc. IRE XXXII. 667/2 The remanent flux will go through a series of values corresponding to the sum and difference frequencies between the recording signal and the supersonic signal. 1962 [see remanence 3]. 1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xvi. 237/1 The intensity of this remanent or permanent component of magnetisation in basalts is invariably greater than that induced by the present Earth's field. |