n. The presence of bacteria in the blood.
Syn. -- bacteriemia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to bacteremia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Hermitage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hermit. ] A hermit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite. Keats.

{ } a. Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. “An eremitical life in the woods.” Fuller. “The eremitic instinct.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eremitic. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Extremities [ L. extremitas: cf. F. extrémité. ] 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. “The extremity of bodily pain.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. Milton.

Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., sing. & pl. [ L., a murmuring, roaring. ] (Med.) Palpable vibration or thrill; as, the rhonchial fremitus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. gremium lap, bosom. ] Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bosom friend. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Hermit. ] A hermit. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irremissibilis: cf. F. irrémissible. See In- not, and Remissible. ] Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes. Burke. -- Ir`re*mis"si*ble, n. -- Ir`re*mis"si*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal of pardon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not remitting; unforgiving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being remitted; irremissible. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ From Jeremiah, the prophet: cf. F. jérémiade. ] A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has prolonged his complaint into an endless jeremiad. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic), That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion). Contrasted to minor premise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of failing to meet a financial obligation.
Syn. -- default, nonpayment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.
Syn. -- nonpayment, default. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Pentremites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; five + L. remus an oar. ] (Zool.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. praemialis. See Premium. ] Serving to reward; rewarding. [ R. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. prémices, L. primitiae. See Primitia. ] First fruits. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. premier, fr. L. primarius of the first rank, principal, fr. primus the first. See Primary, Prime, a. ] 1. First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister. Camden. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first minister of state; the prime minister. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. fem. [ F., prop. fem. of premier first. See Premier, a. ] First; chief; as, a première danseuse. -- n. fem.; pl. -mières /plu>. (a) The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast. (b) A first performance, as of a play; a first night. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. 1. to be performed for the first time; of a play, ballet, composition, movie, or other literary work.
Syn. -- premier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. to perform (a play, ballet, or composition) for the first time.
Syn. -- premier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of the premier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Previous to the millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemiosus, fr. praemium a premium. ] Rich in gifts. [ R. ] Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Premises [ Written also, less properly, premiss. ] [ F. prémisse, fr. L. praemissus, p. p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to send. See Mission. ] 1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The premises observed,
Thy will by my performance shall be served. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

“All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner.” [ 1913 Webster ] These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premised p. pr. & vb. n. Premising. ] [ From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See Premise, n. ] 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The premised flames of the last day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If venesection and a cathartic be premised. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings. [ 1913 Webster ]

I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premise. Whately. I. Watts [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To premise. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Premiums [ L. praemium, originally, what one has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy. See Redeem. ] 1. A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think it not the necessity, but the premium and privilege of life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium for the encouragement of idleness. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remus oar + -form. ] Shaped like an oar. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; sing. Remex. (r&unr_;"m&unr_;ks). [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zool.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird. [1913 Webster]

v. i. [ L. remigrare. See Re-, and Migrate. ] To migrate again; to go back; to return. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Migration back to the place from which one came. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person). [ 1913 Webster ]

When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réminiscence, L. reminiscentia. ] 1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Remembrance; recollection. See Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reminiscence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reminiscens, -entis, p. pr. of reminisci to recall to mind, to recollect; pref. re- re + a word akin to mens mind, memini I remember. See Mind. ] Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some other of existence of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]