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reminder|rɪˈmaɪndə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
Something which reminds, or is intended to remind, one; mention made for the purpose of reminding.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. i. v. §2 There is an active and actuall Knowledge in a man, of which these outward Objects are rather the re-minders then the first Begetters or Implanters. 1831Arnold in Stanley Life (1844) I. vi. 270, I know it is good to have these sobering reminders. 1838Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 11 Your..reminder of the subject of a pleasant conversation. 1880Meredith Tragic Com. (1881) 211 Time passed, whole days: the tender reminder had no effect on him!
b. Path. in pl. Secondary syphilitic symptoms.
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 260 They escape the class of phenomena grouped as ‘reminders’ (the intermediate stage) and are to all appearance cured. 1897J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. VIII. 230 In 1880 a mild attack of syphilis occurred, not, however, followed by reminders. |