remembrance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
For Titan, by the mightly Loſs [of Phaëthon] diſmay'd, / Among the Heav'ns th'Immortal Fact diſplay'd, / Leſt the remembrance of his Grief ſhould fail, / And in Conſtellations wrote his Tale. [Translation of a work by Claudian.]
1705, Joseph Addison, “Bolonia, Modena, Parma, Turin, &c.”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, OCLC 181833922; republished The Hague: Printed for Henry Scheurleer, 1718, OCLC 224641578, page 292Dal[ila]. Let me approach at leaſt, and touch thy hand. / Sams[on]. Not for thy life, leſt fierce remembrance wake / my ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
1671 May 29, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock]. for John Starkey at the Mitre in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar, →OCLC, pages 59, lines 952–954:
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
There's Roſemary, that's for Remembraunce. / Pray loue remember: and there is Paconcies, that's for Thoughts.
1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, act IV, scene v, page 274:Yes, and did ſee ſuch things there, the remembrance of which will ſtick by me as long as I live; ſpecially three things, to wit, How Chriſt, in deſpite of Satan, maintains his work of Grace in the heart; how the Man had ſinned himſelf quite out of hopes of Gods mercy; and alſo the Dream of him that thought in his ſleep the day of Judgement was come.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which is to Come: Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream wherein is Discovered, the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey; and Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey, London: Printed for Nath[aniel] Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey near Cornhill, OCLC 733063856; republished as The Pilgrim's Progress as Originally Published by John Bunyan: Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition, London: Elliot Stock, 1875, OCLC 34741916, page 77[…] Nausicaa blooming as a goddess stands, / With wondering eyes the hero [Odysseus] she survey'd / And grateful thus began the royal maid: / 'Hail, godlike stranger! and when heaven restores / To thy fond wish thy long-expected shores, / This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear, / To me thou owest, to me, the vital air.'
1725–1726, Homer; Alexander Pope and William Broome, transl., The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek, London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646; republished as H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, editor, The Odyssey of Homer: Translated by Alexander Pope, London: George Routledge and Sons, the Broadway, Ludgate; New York, N.Y.: 416, Broome Street, 1872, OCLC 880970094, book VIII, page 381The letter, perhaps, began in bitterness, but it did not end so. The adieu is charity itself. But think no more of the letter. The feelings of the person who wrote, and the person who received it, are now so widely different from what they were then, that every unpleasant circumstance attending it ought to be forgotten. You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 279:
- (countable, uncountable) Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
[stanza I] A Gentle Knight was pricking on the Plain, / Yclad in mightie Arms and ſilver Shield, […] / [stanza II] And on his Breaſt a bloody Croſs he bore, / The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, / For whoſe ſweet ſake that glorious Badge he wore, / And dead (as living) ever him ador'd: […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed for W[illiam] Ponsonbie, OCLC 18024649, book I, canto I, stanzas I and II; republished in John Hughes, editor, The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser. In Six Volumes. With a Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words, volume I, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head, over against Catherine-street in the Strand, 1715, OCLC 175074, page 23If you turne not: you will returne the ſooner: / Keep this remembrance for thy Iulia’s sake.
1589–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, act II, scene ii, page 24:
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.
Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […]
1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 203–205:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.
Forms
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Deriveds
Remembrance Sunday · unremembrance · Remembrance Day · remembrancer · nonremembrance · misremembrance · Remembrancer
Synonyms
Translations (89)
cs vzpomínka (something remembered) · he זֵכֶר (something remembered) · tr yâd (act of remembering) · mt tifkira (act of remembering) · eo rememoro (act of remembering) · ja 形見 (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · la recordatio (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · es remembranza (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · la recordatio ((obsolete) something to be remembered) · es recuerdo (act of remembering) · la memoria (state of being remembered) · ru припомина́ние (act of remembering) · gd cuimhneachan (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · la memoria (act of remembering) · fi muisti (state of being remembered) · grc μνήμη (something remembered) · gd cuimhneachadh (act of remembering) · la memoria (power of remembering) · ro amintire (state of being remembered) · fi muisto (something remembered) · gd cuimhne (something remembered) · ja 思い出 (act of remembering) · ro memorie (state of being remembered) · fi muistomerkki (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · hi सुमिरण (act of remembering) · ru напомина́ние (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · ru сувени́р (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · tr tahattur (act of remembering) · la recordatio (state of being remembered) · tr yâd (state of being remembered) · la recordatio (act of remembering) · es recordatorio (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · es recuerdo (state of being remembered) · ja 記念品 (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · ru воспомина́ние (something remembered) · ru пода́рок на па́мять (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · ca recordatori (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · ja 思い出 (something remembered) · hi सुमिरन (act of remembering) · ca memòria (act of remembering) · ja 思い出 (state of being remembered) · ar ذِكْرَى (act of remembering) · ota ذكر (act of remembering) · ro reamintire (act of remembering) · gd cuimhne (power of remembering) · ca recordatori (state of being remembered) · la memoria (something remembered) · fi muisto (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · nl geheugensteun (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · ja 思い出 (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · fi muistikuva (something remembered) · nl herinnerd (state of being remembered) · cmn 紀念 /纪念 (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · gd cuimhne (state of being remembered) · bg възпоминание (act of remembering) · la recordatio (power of remembering) · ca memòria (state of being remembered) · nl herinneren (act of remembering) · la memoria (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · fi muistaminen (state of being remembered) · tr zikir (state of being remembered) · ca recordatori (act of remembering) · ja 記憶 ((obsolete) something to be remembered) · nl nagedachtenis (state of being remembered) · tr anma (state of being remembered) · fi muistaminen (act of remembering) · bg памет (power of remembering) · ru па́мять (act of remembering) · ja 回想 (act of remembering) · nl herinnerde (something remembered) · grc μνήμη (act of remembering) · he זֵכֶר (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · fi muistiinpano (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · yi אָנדענק (something remembered) · tr anma (act of remembering) · bg сувенир (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · la recordatus (act of remembering) · es recuerdo (something remembered) · tr zikir (act of remembering) · ja 記念碑 (that which serves to keep in or bring to mind) · qu yarpay (act of remembering) · ca recordatori (something remembered) · fi muisti (power of remembering) · la recordatio (something remembered) · bg спомен (something remembered) · ja 記憶 (power of remembering) · ota ذكر (state of being remembered) · la memoria ((obsolete) something to be remembered) · fi muisto (act of remembering)