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remind, v.|rɪˈmaɪnd|
Also 7 re-mind.
[f. re- 5 a + mind v.]
1. a. trans. To recall (a thing) to one's own mind; to remember, recollect. Now rare or Obs.
1645Wither Vox Pacif. 189 Let him re-minde, what Attributes were given. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 194 Whosoever seriously Reminds the Circumstance of Time wherein the Apostle wrote..will easily agree that [etc.]. 1706Watts Horæ Lyr. ii. Victory of Poles over Osman, This the fierce Saracen wore, (for, when a boy, I was their captive, and remind their dress). 1788Shirrefs Poems (1790) 167 Ye'll now remind the happy show'r o' rain. 1826Anderson Poems 36 (E.D.D.), Their merry homefair I remind. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer., To Remind, for remember; as ‘the company will please remind’. A New York vulgarism.
†b. To bring to mind, to recall to another's mind. Obs. rare.
1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lvii. (1739) 104 The issue whereof may remind, that too much countersecurity from the King to the people, is like so many Covenants in Marriage. 1669Earl of Orrery Black Prince iii, O! do not wound me by reminding Things Which rather Trouble than Repentance brings.
2. a. To put (one) in mind of something. Also with omission of personal obj., absol., and with direct speech as obj.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. i. rule 1 §16 It hath no other force upon the Conscience but that it re-minds us of a special obligation to thankfulness. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 91 This Re-minds me of the second thing which I propounded to be evinced. 1697J. Sergeant Solid Philos. C ij, By re-minding them often of such Important Truths. 1751Eliza Heywood Betsy Thoughtless II. 39, I must intreat you will give me leave to remind you of the consequences. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ix, You do well to remind me of this. 1847Marryat Childr. N. Forest xi, They would always have reminded me of such a melancholy accident. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 19 It reminds me of him and his ways. 1887Pall Mall G. 11 Jan. 14/1 Many of the names remind of celebrated episodes. 1887E. Johnson Antiqua Mater 260 Little but the mere name Christus to remind of the current beliefs of Judaism. 1891Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 291 It will recall and remind and suggest and tantalise, and in the end drive you mad. 1966D. F. Galouye Lost Perception ii. 24 ‘Manuel sent the last two messages,’ Gregson reminded. Ibid. iv. 44 Forsythe withdrew from his sightless isolation long enough to remind, ‘Next week's Thanksgiving.’ 1976B. Freemantle November Man vii. 95 ‘The details..indicated criticism of the Soviet Union,’ reminded Kodes.
b. Const. with inf. or obj. clause.
1662H. More Philos. Writ. Pref. Gen. (1712) 5 That the High Priest..might be re-minded not to do..any thing contrary to the laws thereof. 1670H. Stubbe Reply Def. Roy. Soc. (1671) 14, I must remind this Adversary that the person I designed to accompany..was a Carmelite. 1675Earl of Essex Lett. (1770) 206, I must also again remind you to advise Mr. Harbord to go more plainly to work. 1741–2Gray Agrippina Wks. 1884 I. 107, I might remind my mistress that her nod Can rouse eight hardy legions. 1820Shelley Œd. Tyr. ii. i. 78 Allow me to remind you, grass is green. 1867Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 287 The time of year reminds me how the months have gone. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 408 We may be reminded that in nature there is a centripetal as well as a centrifugal force.
Hence reˈmindal, the act of reminding.
1883–8Bp. Walsham How Comm. N.T. (S.P.C.K.) Matt. xxii. 3 The remindal and summons to the feast were made by John the Baptist. |