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(1):
(superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
(2):
(superl.) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
(3):
(superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.
(4):
(superl.) Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
(5):
(superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
(6):
(superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
(7):
(superl.) Separate; abstracted.
(8):
(superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.