a. [ L. remus oar + -form. ] Shaped like an oar. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl.;
v. i. [ L. remigrare. See Re-, and Migrate. ] To migrate again; to go back; to return. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Migration back to the place from which one came. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person). [ 1913 Webster ]
When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. réminiscence, L. reminiscentia. ]
The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Reminiscence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences. [ 1913 Webster ]