Word Meanings - REMORATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To hinder; to delay. Johnson.

Related words: (words related to REMORATE)

• HINDEREST
  Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer.
• JOHNSONIANISM
  A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
• JOHNSONESE
  The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
• HINDERMOST; HINDMOST
  Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. (more info) superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See
• JOHNSON GRASS
  A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
• JOHNSONIAN
  Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
• DELAY
  A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay. (more
• HINDERER
  One who, or that which, hinders.
• HINDERANCE
  See HINDRANCE
• HINDER
  Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38. (more info) OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth.
• DELAYER
  One who delays; one who lingers.
• DELAYINGLY
  By delays. Tennyson.
• HINDERLING
  A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. Callander.
• DELAYMENT
  Hindrance. Gower.
• ROUNDELAY
  See ROUNDEL