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remound en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈmaʊnd/ (UK)
• rĭmoundʹ (UK)

Etymology

A strong conjugation preterite formed on the pattern of find → found.

Meanings

1. (form-of, nonce-word, nonstandard, participle, past, rare) simple past and past participle of remind
   form of remind
   • [W]hat should we now think of the grammar which should run thus: 1. pret. I fighted, thou fightedst, &c. 2d pret. I fought, &c. And again, 1st pret. I reminded, &c. 2d pret. I remound? 1830, Filaret, “On the Tenses of Greek Verbs” in The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, ed. Sylvanus Urban, volume 100, part 2, page 125
   • 1918, The Judge (Judge Publishing Company), volume 75, page unknown I find — that is to say, I’ve found — That when one knows “sink, sank and sunken,” He soon is strenuously remound He mustn’t say “blink, blank and blunken.”

remound en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈmaʊnd/ (UK)
• rĭmoundʹ (UK)

Etymology

From re- + mound.

Meanings

1. Restore the mound or mounds of (especially, a grave or graves).
   • In some soils, mounds made earlier wash down, thus making it necessary to remound in the fall. 1916, Economic Entomology: Pamphlets, volume 109, page 1,130:
   • [W]omen may continue to remound old gardens for ten years or more. 1995, L. R. Goldman, chapter 3, in Aletta Biersack, editor, Papuan borderlands: Huli, Duna, and Ipili perspectives on the Papua New Guinea Highlands, page 275:
   • He drove the spade into the earth mounded atop the grave and leaning his weight into the work began to remound the earth in a pile next the grave. 2006, William Gay, Twilight, MacAdam/Cage Pub., →ISBN, page 7, →ISBN:
2. (in food preparation) Reform into a mound.
   • As the plant grows, move the tube upward and remound the dirt to cover the base and the blanched leaves. 1995, Jesse Ziff Cool, Onions: A Country Garden Cookbook, Collins Publishers San Francisco, →ISBN, page 1, →ISBN:
   • Remound koji into oval volcano shape, re-cover tray with lid set slightly ajar, and re-cover incubation box with blankets. 1983, William Shurtleff [aut.] and Akiko Aoyagi [illust.], The Book of Miso: Savory, High-protein Seasoning (2nd ed.; Ten Speed Press; →ISBN, 9780898150971), page 181
   • Roll a rolling pin 1 to 2 times over the mixture to flatten the butter particles, gather into a mound again, then use the pastry blender to cut until powdery with some oatmeal-shaped flakes throughout; remound. 1991, Fred Bridge, Jean F. Tibbetts, The Well-Tooled Kitchen, Morrow, page 97:
3. (rare) Bolster with a restored mound.
   • Watch for wrinkling on the canes — the first sign of dehydration. If this occurs, recut the canes below the wrinkling, remound the plant, and water well. 1999, Thomas Cairns, Ortho’s All About Roses, Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN:

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