Middle English Dictionary Entry
remanence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | remanence n. |
| Etymology | OF remanance, remanence. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. remenaunt n.
1.
The remaining traces of a disease.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)36a/a : In fewe daiez..it semeþ to take meliourament or amendyng; neþerlez, it haþ it noȝt, for þe relefe or remanence [Ch.(2): remenaunt; L reliquum] of þe disposicioun, al þe liptomo, i. subtile euaporate, shal lefe vnhelable.