reminiscev.
/ˌrɛmᵻˈnɪs/, U.S. /ˌrɛməˈnɪs/ 1.
a. transitive. To recollect, remember; to recall. Also intransitive. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]
i-thenchec897
bethinkOE
mingOE
thinkOE
monelOE
umbethinkc1175
to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275
minc1330
record1340
revert1340
remembera1382
mindc1384
monishc1384
to bring to mindc1390
remenec1390
me meanetha1400
reducec1425
to call to mind1427
gaincall1434
pense1493
remord?1507
revocate1527
revive1531
cite1549
to call back1572
recall1579
to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583
to call to remembrance1583
revoke1586
reverse1590
submonish1591
recover1602
recordate1603
to call up1606
to fetch up1608
reconjure1611
collect1612
remind1615
recollect1631
rememorize1632
retrieve1644
think1671
reconnoitre1729
member1823
reminisce1829
rememorate1835
recomember1852
evoke1856
updraw1879
withcall1901
access1978
the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)]
monelOE
to have memory (of)a1275
recorda1382
remembera1393
mina1400
meana1425
to have‥in urec1450
to be remembereda1500
minda1500
retain1581
rememorate1606
reminisce1896
1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 304 Some of my readers may reminisce—the word shall never enter my vocabulary—a political squib, let off towards the conclusion of the American war.
1896 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. June 219 She could not have remembered much of Keats... How do people remember anything? How do they reminisce?
1931 D. B. Hughes Dark Certainty I. 14 Halfway across the world, he sees no azure skies But what he reminisces of a certain dress Of hers.
1989 Grattan Direct Catal. Spring–Summer 4/1 Rooted in nostalgia, fashion reminisces the thirties in subdued hues of cool cream, taupe and classic navy.
b. transitive. To express as a recollection. Frequently with direct speech as object.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)] > recall to someone
rememberc1425
admonish1489
mind1590
recollect1615
remind1669
reminisce1892
1892 C. G. McCrie Public Worship Presbyterian Scotl. i. 48 Before his wife's death, so he reminisced, he always went to church.
1961 Dallas Morning News 10 Sept. vi. 6 ‘I bought my first dress from him when I was still a struggling young actress,’ she reminisces.
1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation viii. 233 ‘I remember when the whole thing was eighteenth century,’ he reminisced. ‘Chandeliers, brocades.’
1978 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 3/1 ‘I remember the teacher asking what we wanted to be,’ Signor Santo Del Bon reminisced.
2000 W. Shaw Westsiders 132 ‘By four o'clock’, reminisced one farmer who passed through in the 1850s, ‘..[the] Alley would be crowded with a mass of drunken Indians, yelling and fighting.’
2. intransitive. To engage in reminiscences. Also with about (also of, on, over).
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] > indulge in reminiscences
retrospect1659
reminisce1880
reminiscence1890
1880 Harper's Mag. Feb. 388/2 It was only in the evening, when a genial old resident was ‘reminiscing’ for the benefit of the company, that he found consolation in hearing of the misfortunes of some other sportsmen.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 87/1 While reminiscing on the old ironware, a cunning little set of kettle, spider, and griddle..was brought out and hung from a small kitchen shelf to give an original, homey atmosphere.
1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 40 The Rugby Tavern is the sort of place where ex-second row forwards swill beer and reminisce.
1997 Select June 11 Johnno eye-moisteningly reminisces of childhood trips to the beach and a donkey called Sally.
2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane i. 19 Encouraged by my interest, he reminisced for a while about music halls and knees-up..and eating jellied eels in pie and mash shops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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