REMOTER

Adjective

remoter

comparative form of remote

Source: Wiktionary


REMOTE

Re*mote" (r-mt"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-r); superl. Remotest.] Etym: [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]

1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. Parnell.

2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason." Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies." Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Separated by intervals greater than usual.

– Re*mote"ly, adv.

– Re*mote"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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