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relict

N ซากพืช หรือ สัตว์  vestige survival sak-phud-rue-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RELICT

n.[L. relictus, relicta, from relinquo, to leave. ] A widow; a woman whose husband is dead.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RELICT

Rel "ict (-kt ), n. Etym: [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish. ]

 

Defn: A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.

 

RELICTED

Re *lict "ed (r-lkt "d ), a. Etym: [L. relictus, p. p.] (Law )

 

Defn: Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier.

 

RELICTION

Re *lic "tion (r-lk "shn ), n. Etym: [L. relictio a leaving behind. ](Law )

 

Defn: A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

relict

rel ict |ˈrelikt ˈrɛlɪkt | noun 1 a thing that has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive form. an animal or plant that has survived while others of its group have become extinct, e.g., the coelacanth. a species or community that formerly had a wider distribution but now survives in only a few localities such as refugia. [early 20th cent.: from Latin relictus left behind, past participle of the verb relinquere. ] 2 archaic a widow. [late Middle English: from Old French relicte (woman ) left behind, from late Latin relicta, from the verb relinquere. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

relict

relict |ˈrɛlɪkt | noun 1 a thing which has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive form. an animal or plant that has survived while others of its group have become extinct, e.g. the coelacanth. a population that now survives in only a few localities. 2 archaic a widow. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Old French relicte (woman ) left behind , from late Latin relicta, from the verb relinquere leave behind . Sense 1 arose in the early 20th cent. and is from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere.

 

Spanish Dictionary

relicto, -ta

relicto, -ta adjetivo der [bienes, hacienda ] Que ha dejado alguien al morir :a su amparo y protección se creó y desarrolló el caudal relicto .