remi

‖n. pl.; sing. Remex. (r&unr_;"m&unr_;ks). [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zool.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird. [1913 Webster]

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. ] 1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Remembrance; recollection. See Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reminiscence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]