1645 J. Corbet Hist. Relation Mil. Govt. Gloucester 125 The reminding of so great a mischiefe to the Parliaments Service made the Governour carefull to prevent him.

1697 T. Crisp Just & Lawful Tryal Foxonian Chief Priests 99 Think not the reminding you of these your Ancient wicked Testimonies and Actions hard dealing.

1745 C. Mortimer Addr. to Publick 27 The 23d, she felt some little Remindings of the Fits; therefore, next Day, I resolved to give her some of my Bark.

1766 D. Turner Lett. Relig. & Moral x. 135 The very mention of the word death in their hearing, and the most distant remindings of their concern in it, fill them with distress and terror.

1836 J. S. Mill Let. Feb. in Wks. (1963) XII. 294 The things..were not done even after numerous remindings.

1865 J. S. Mill Auguste Comte 129 Everything that he can do without the aid of incessant remindings from other thinkers, is merely provisional, and will require a thorough revision.

1930 Times 28 Nov. 12/5 Would it not serve the purpose even more effectively than the issue of renewal notices—because not all licensing authorities practise this reminding even now—if all driving licences were renewable only from the same date?

1964 M. Merleau-Ponty Signs i. 22 The world and Being hold together only in movement... Philosophy is a reminding of this being.

2005 K. J. Holyoak in Cambr. Handbk. Thinking & Reasoning ii. vi. 123/2 Watching the movie West Side Story for the first time is likely to trigger a reminding of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xviii. 18 They know their duty, and need not a reminding look.

1819 L. Hunt Poet. Wks. III. p. xxix Some sweet reminding ray Came sparkling 'twixt their talk, and then they broke away.

1887 A. Austin Prince Lucifer iv. ii The stroke of the reminding hour when I Should from your voice be willing to depart.

1913 A. Brown Vanishing Points 187 ‘Mother!’ said the girl, in a low, reminding voice.

1931 Eng. Jrnl. 20 457 Hamlet, the wise, golden collie came in and laid a reminding paw on Miss Bates's lap the signal that coffee and cakes awaited.

2005 C. Yang in F. O. Lin Designing Distributed Learning Environments with Intelligent Software Agents iv. 118 After a few days of vacation, he signs onto his education system and gets a reminding message, ‘Hi Peter, you have an important note to read’.

1843 N. P. Willis in New Mirror 21 Jan. 77/2 Eph. twitched, remindingly, the jupon of his cousin.

1890 ‘A. Thomas’ On Children III. i. 8 ‘You've forgotten,’..Florence said remindingly.

1918 B. Tarkington Magnificent Ambersons i. 10 The driver would rap remindingly..upon the glass..if the nickels and the passengers did not appear to coincide in number.

1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 38 ‘Tits,’ said Sir Jack remindingly.