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remembrance

noun
/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/UK

Etymology

From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.

  1. derived from rememorārī
  2. derived from remembrance
  3. inherited from remembraunce

Definitions

  1. The act of remembering

    The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

    • Dal[ila]. Let me approach at leaſt, and touch thy hand. / Sams[on]. Not for thy life, leſt fierce remembrance wake / my ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
    • For Titan, by the mightly Loſs [of Phaëthon] diſmay'd, / Among the Heav'ns th'Immortal Fact diſplay'd, / Leſt the remembrance of his Grief ſhould fail, / And in Conſtellations wrote his Tale. [Translation of a work by Claudian.]

  2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind

    The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.

    • There's Roſemary, that's for Remembraunce. / Pray loue remember: and there is Paconcies, that's for Thoughts.

  3. Something remembered

    Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Something which serves to remember

      Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

      • If you turne not: you will returne the ſooner: / Keep this remembrance for thy Iulia’s sake.

    2. The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.

      • Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […]

    3. Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.

    4. To remember

      To remember; to recall to mind.

The neighborhood

Derived

misremembrance, nonremembrance, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, remembrancer, unremembrance

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA