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n.
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
a.
Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
superl.
Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
n.
The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.
n.
The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
n.
A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.
superl.
Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
n.
One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
a.
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
n.
Remote consequence.
prep.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
a.
Most remote; furthest; final; last.
a.
Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
superl.
Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
n.
That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
a.
Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence.
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Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
adv.
More distantly or remotely.
superl.
Remote; distant; far.
a.
Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.
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