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That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope.

d at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

To thank. [Obs.] She him remercied as the patron of her life. Spenser.

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.

of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Shak.

ing renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.

Rising again. [R.] The life reorient out of dust. Tennyson.

] I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life. Shak.

Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

d to a person, thing, or action; repute. The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life. Ames.

To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.

To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds.

decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore. Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight. Milton.

tation, thought, or endeavor. Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. Tillotson. Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase…

To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]

Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton.

Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.

Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. Hawthorne.