remembrance 
(c) A token by which one is kept in the memory ; a keep- 
sake. 
I am glad I have found this napkin ; 
This was her first remembrance from the Moor. 
Hhak., Othello, iii. 3. 291. 
I pray you accept 
This small remembrance of a father's thanks 
For so assur'd a benefit. 
Fletcher (and another), Love's Pilgrimage, v. 2. 
6. The state of being mindful ; thought ; re- 
gard ; consideration ; notice of something ab- 
sent. 
In what place that euer I be in, the moste remembraunce 
that I shall haue shall be vpon vow, and on yowre nedes. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ i. 49. 
We with wisest sorrow think on him, 
Together with remembrance of ourselves. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 2. 7. 
The Puritans, to keep the remembrance of their unity 
one with another, and of their peaceful compact with the 
Indians, named their forest settlement Concord. 
Emerson, Hist. Discourse at Concord. 
7f. Admonition ; reminder. 
I do commit into your hand 
The unstained sword that you have used to bear ; 
With this remembrance, that you use the same 
With the like bold. Just, and impartial spirit 
As you have done 'gainst me. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 2. 115. 
Clerks of the remembrance. See remembrancer, 2. 
To make remembrance!, to bring to remembrance ; 
recount; relate. =Syn. 1, 2, and 4. Recollection, Reminis- 
cence, etc. See memory. 
remembrancer (re-mem'bran-ser), n. [< re- 
membrance + -eri.] 1. One who or that which 
reminds or revives the memory of anything. 
Astronomy in all likelihood was knowne to Abraham, to 
whom the heauenly stars might be Remembrancers of that 
promise, so shall thy seed be. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 65. 
Premature consolation is but the remembrancer of sor- 
row. Qoldsmith, Vicar, iii. 
All the young fellows crowd up to ask her to dance, and, 
taking from her waist a little mother-of-pearl remem- 
brancer, she notes them down. 
Thackeray, Fitz- Boodle Papers, Dorothea. 
2. An officer in the Exchequer of England, em- 
ployed to record documents, make out process- 
es, etc. ; a recorder. These officers were formerly 
called derksofthe remembrance, and were three in number 
the Icing'sremembrancer, the lord treasurer'sremembran- 
cer, and the remembrancer of first-fruits. The queen's re- 
membrancer's department now has a place in the central 
office of the Supreme Court. The name is also given to an 
officer of certain corporations : as, the remembrancer of the 
city of London. 
These rents [ceremonial rents, as a horseshoe, etc.] are 
now received by the Queen's Remembrancer a few days be- 
fore the beginning of Michaelmas term. 
F. rottock, Land Laws, p. 8. 
rememorancet, . [ME. rememoraunce, a var., 
after ML. *rememorant^a, of remembraunce : see 
remembrance.] Remembrance. 
Nowe menne it call, by all rememoraunce, 
Constantyne noble, wher to dwell he did enclyne. 
Hardyng's Chronicle, f. 50. (UaUiwett.) 
rememoratet (re-mem'o-rat), v. t. [< LL. reme- 
moratus, pp. of rememorari, remember: see re- 
member.'] To remember; revive in the memory. 
We shall ever flnd the like difficulties, whether we re- 
memorate or learne anew. 
L. Bryskett, Civil Life (1606), p. 128. 
rememorationt (re-mem-o-ra'shon), n. [Early 
mod. E. rememoracioun; "< OF. rememoration, 
P. rememoration, < ML. rememoratio(n-), < LL. 
rememorari, remember: see remember, rememo- 
rate.] Remembrance. 
The story requires a particular rememoration. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 256. 
rememorativet (re-mem'o-ra-tiv), . [< P. re- 
memoratif= Sp. Pg. rememorativo ; as rememo- 
rate + -ivc.~\ Recalling to mind ; reminding. 
For whi, withonte rememoratiif signes of a thing, or of 
thingis, the rememoracioun, or the remembraunce, of thilk 
thing or thingis muste needis be the febler. 
Pocock, quoted in Waterland's Works, X. 254. 
remenantt, re. An obsolete form of remnant. 
remeiie j t. i>. t. See remean. 
remene 2 t, v. t. [< OP. (and P.) remener (= Pr. 
ramenar = It. rimenare), < re-, again, + metier, 
< ML. miiiarc, conduct, lead, bring: see mien.'] 
To bring back. Yernon MS. (HalliieeU.) 
remerciet, remercyt (re-mer'si), >. t. [< OF. 
P. remercier (= Pr. remarciar), thank, < re-, 
again, + mereier, thank, < merci, thanks: see 
mercy.] To thank. 
She him remarried as the Patrone of her life. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. xl. 16. 
remerciest, pi- [< remereie, r.] Thanks. 
So mildely did he, beying the conquerour, take the vn- 
thankefulnesse of persones by hym conquered & subdued 
who did . . . not render thankes ne saie remtrcies for that 
thei had been let bothe safe and sounde. 
Udall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, ii. Philippos, 7. 
remercyt, <'. '. See remereie. 
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remerge (re-merj'), v. i. [< L. remergere, dip 
in or immerse again, < re-, again, + mergere, 
dip: see merge.] To merge again. 
That each, who seems a separate whole, 
Should move his rounds, and, fusing all 
The skirts of self again, should fall 
Remerging in the general Soul, 
Is faith as vague as all unsweet. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, xlvii. 
remeveti A Middle English variant of re- 
move. 
remewt, remuet, * [ME. remewen, remuen, < 
OF. remuer, P. remuer, move, stir, = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
remudar = It. rimutare, change, alter, trans- 
form, < ML. remutare, change, < L. re-, again, 
+ mutare, change: see meic* and mue. The 
sense in ME. and OF. is appar. due in part to 
confusion with remove (ME. remeven, etc.).] 
To remove. 
The hors of bras, that may nat be remewed, 
It stunt as it were to the ground yglewed. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 173. 
Sette eke noon almondes but greet and newe, 
And hem is best in Feveryere remewe. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 54. 
remex (re'meks), .; pi. remiges (rem'i-jez). 
[NL., < L. remex (remig-), a rower, oarsman, < 
remus, an oar, + ayere, move.] In ornith., one 
of the flight-feathers; one of the large stiff 
quill-feathers of a bird's wing which form 
most of its spread and correspond to the rec- 
trices or rudder-feathers of the tail. They are 
distinguished from ordinary contour-feathers by never 
having at tershafts, and by being almost entirely of penna- 
ceous structure. They are divided into three series, the 
primaries, the secondaries, and the tertiaries or tertials, 
according to their seat upon the pinion, the forearm, or the 
upper arm. See diagram under In'nP. 
remiform (rem'i-fdrm), a. [< L. remus, an oar, 
+ forma, form.] Shaped like an oar. 
remigable (rem'i-ga-bl), a. [< L. remigare, row 
(< remus, an oar, +'agere, move), + -able.] Ca- 
pable of being rowed upon ; fit to float an oared 
boat. 
Where steril remigable marshes now 
Feed neighb'ring cities, and admit the plough. 
Cotton, tr. of Montaigne, xxlv. (Davies.) 
remiges, n. Plural of remex. 
Remigia (re-mij'i-a), n. [NL. (GueniSe, 1852), 
< L. remigi'um, a rowing: see remex.] A genus 
of noctuid moths, typical of the family Bemi- 
giidse, distinguished by the vertical, moderately 
long palpi with the third joint lanceolate. The 
genus is wide-spread, and comprises about 20 species, 
more common in tropical America than elsewhere. 
remigial (re-mij'i-al), a. [< NL. remex (remig-) 
+ -al.] Of or pertaining to a remex or 
remiges. 
In this the remiyial streamers do not lose their barbs. 
A. Newton, Encyc. Brit., X. 712. 
Remigiidse (rem-i-ji'i-de), n. pi. [NL. (Gue- 
n6e, 1852), < Remigia + -idee.] A family of 
noctuid moths, typified by the genus Bemigia, 
with stout bodies, and in the male sex with very 
hairy legs, the hind pair woolly and the tarsi 
densely tufted. It is a widely distributed fam- 
ily, comprising 7 genera. Usually written Bc- 
migidse, and, as a subfamily, Bemiginee. 
remigrate (rem'i-grat or re-mi'grat), v. i. [< 
L. remigratus. pp. of remigrare, go back, return, 
< re-, back, + migrare, migrate : see migrate.] 
To migrate again ; remove to a former place or 
state; return. 
When the salt of tartar from which it is distilled hath 
retained or deprived it of the sulphurous parts of the spirit 
of wine, the rest, which is incomparably the greater part 
of the liquor, will remigrate into phlegm. 
Boyle, Works, I. 499. 
r emigration (rem-i-gra 'shpn or re-mi-gra ' sh on ) , 
n. [< remigrate + -ion.] Repeated migration ; 
removal back ; a migration to a place formerly 
occupied. 
The Scots, transplanted hither, became acquainted with 
our customs, which, by occasional emigrations, became 
diffused In Scotland. Hale. 
Remijia (re-mij'i-a), n. [NL. (A. P. de Can- 
dolle, 1829), named from a surgeon, Bemijo, 
who used its bark instead of cinchona.] A ge- 
nus of gainopetalous shrubs of the order Bubia- 
cese, tribe CincJionex, and subtribe Eucinchonese. 
It is characterized by a woolly and salver-shaped corolla 
with five valvate lobes and a smooth and enlarged throat, 
and by a septicidal two-celled and somewhat ovoid cap- 
sule, with numerous peltate seeds and subcordate seed- 
leaves. The 13 species are all natives of tropical America. 
They are shrubs or small and slender trees, with weak and 
almost unbranched stem, bearing opposite or whorl ed rev- 
olute leaves, sometimes large, thick, and coriaceous, often 
with very large lanceolate stipules. The flowers are rather 
small, white or rose-colored, and fragrant, clustered in 
axillary and prolonged racemes. Several species are still 
in medicinal use. See cuprea-bark, cupreine, and rinchon- 
amitie. 
reminiscential 
remind (re-mind'), v. t. [< re- + mind 1 ; appar. 
suggested by remember.] To put in mind; 
bring to the remembrance of ; recall or bring 
to the notice of: as, to remind a person of his 
promise. 
Where mountain, river, forest, fleld, and grove 
Remind him of his Maker's pow'r and love. 
Cowper, Retirement, 1. 30. 
I have often to go through a distinct process of thought 
to remind myself that I am in New England, and not in 
Middle England still. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 170. 
reminder (re-mln'der), n. [< remind + -er 1 .] 
One who or that which reminds; anything 
which serves to awaken remembrance. 
remindful (re-mmd'ful), a. [< remind + -ful.] 
1. Tending or adapted to remind; careful to 
remind. Southey. 
The slanting light touched the crests of the clods in a 
newly ploughed fleld to her left with a vivid effect, re- 
mindful of the light-capped wavelets on an eventful bay. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 212. 
2. Remembering. 
Meanwhile, remindful of the convent bars, 
Bianca did not watch these signs in vain. 
Hood, Bianca's Dream, St. 32. 
remingtonite (rem'ing-ton-it), n. [Named af- 
ter Mr. Edward Bemingion, at one time super- 
intendent of the mine where it was found.] A 
little-known mineral occurring as a thin rose- 
colored coating in serpentine in Maryland. It 
is essentially a hydrated carbonate of cobalt. 
Remington rifle. See rifle?. 
reminiscence (rem-i-nis'ens), n. [< OF. remi- 
niscence, F. reminiscence = Pr. Sp. Pg. reminis- 
cencia = It. reminiscenza, reminiscenzia, < LL. 
reminiscentiee, pi., remembrances, < L. reminis- 
cen(t-)s, ppr. of reminisci, remember: see rem- 
iniscent.] 1. The act or power of recollect- 
ing; recollection; the voluntary exertion of the 
reproductive faculty of the understanding; the 
recalling of the past to mind. 
I cast about for all circumstances that may revive my 
memory or reminiscence. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. (Latham.) 
The reproductive faculty is governed by the laws which 
regulate the succession of our thoughts the laws, as they 
are called, of mental association. If these laws are al- 
lowed to operate without the intervention of the will, this 
faculty may be called suggestion or spontaneous sugges- 
tion. Whereas, if applied under the influence of the will, 
it will properly obtain the name of reminiscence or recol- 
lection. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaph., xx. 
2. That which is recollected or recalled to 
mind; a relation of what is recollected; a nar- 
ration of past incidents, events, and character- 
istics within one's personal knowledge : as, the 
reminiscences of a quinquagenarian. 
I will here mention what is the most important of all 
my reminitcences, viz. that in my childhood my mother 
was to me everything. 
H. C. Robinson, Diary, Reminiscences and Correspon- 
[dence, i. 
3. In music, a composition which is not intended 
to be original in its fundamental idea, but only 
in its manner of treatment. =Syn. 1. Recollection, 
Remembrance, etc. See memory. 
reminiscencyt (rem-i-nis'en-si), w. [As remi- 
niscence (see -cy).] Reminiscence. 
Reminiscency, when she [the soul] searches out some- 
thing that she has let slip out of her memory. 
Dr. H. More, Immortal, of Soul, ii. 5. 
reminiscent(rem-i-nis'ent),a. andn. [<L.wi- 
niscen(t-)s, ppr. of reminisci, remember, < re-, 
again, + min-, base of me-min-isse, remember, 
think over, akin to men(t-)s, mind: see mental 1 , 
mind 1 , etc. Beminiscent is not connected with 
remember.] I. a. Having the faculty of mem- 
ory; calling to mind; remembering; also, in- 
clined to recall the past ; habitually dwelling 
on the past. 
Some other state of which we have been previously con- 
scious, and are now reminiscent. Sir W. Hamilton. 
During the earlier stages of human evolution, then, im- 
agination, being almost exclusively reminiscent, is almost 
incapable of evolving new ideas. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psycho!., 492. 
II. n. One who calls to mind and records 
past events. 
reminiscential (rem'i-ni-sen'shal), a. [< remi- 
niscent + -ial.] Of or pertaining to reminis- 
cence or recollection. 
Would truth dispense, we could be content, with Plato, 
that knowledge were but remembrance, that intellectual 
acquisition were but reminiscential evocation, and new 
impressions but the colouring of old stamps which stood 
pale in the soul before. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. En 1 ., Pref., p. i. 
At the sound of the name, no reminiscential atoms . . . 
stirred and marshalled themselves in my brain. 
Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 90. 
