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mpute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison.

To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow. For every dram of honey therein found, A pound of gall doth over it redound. Spenser.

d in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer. Wyclif. The relics of lost innocence. Kebe. The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. Shak.

Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

Remaining; yet left. [R.] "Because of the remnant dregs of his disease." Fuller. And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humble wife. Prior.

The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.

Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. It is upon these that the soul may repose. I. Taylor.

have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. Dryden.

Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. -- Residual error. (Mensuration) See E…

Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate. Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. -- Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real est…

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

Remaining; residual. Landor.

That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.

That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. Tillotson.

& n. from Rest, v. t. & i. Resting spore (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of algæ, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. C. E. Bessey.

To keep; to continue; to remain. [Obs.] Donne.

transactions in Parliament, are extant. Sir M. Hale. The roll and list of that army doth remain. Sir J. Davies.