tremanence, remanency

[English remanen(t); -се, -су.] 1. The quality or state of being remanent; continuance, permanency. "The remanency of concupiscence or original sin in "The upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect the regenerate." -Jer. Taylor: Of Original Sin. shall remain in it." Proverbs ii. 21. IMG:content-0423.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To be left to; to continue with. "In a little time, while breath remains thee." Milton: Samson Agonistes, 1,126. 2. To be left or reserved for; to await. "Such end, pardie, does all hem remayne ." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar ; May. rě-māin', s . [REMAIN, v.] *1. The act or state of remaining; stay, abode. "Let's fetch him off or make remain alike." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i. 4. 2. That which remains; a residuum. "To make it sublime into finely figured crystals without a remanence at the bottom."- Boyle : Works , iii. 81. rem'-a-nent, a. & 8. [Lat. remanens , pr. par. of remaneo to remain (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Remaining, surviving. (Obsolete except in Scotch legal and ecclesiastical phraseology.) B. As subst.: The part remaining; a remnant, a residuum.