Remembrance

//ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the ability to recall past occurrences wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 4
    a recognition of meritorious service wordnet
  5. 5
    Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. countable, obsolete, uncountable

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

  2. 7
    The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends. archaic, countable, uncountable

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

  3. 8
    Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To remember; to recall to mind.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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