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The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.countableuncountable
- 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.]
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The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.countableuncountable
- 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
- […] 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, / T
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Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.countableuncountable
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Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.countableobsoleteuncountable
- [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 Badg
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The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.archaiccountableuncountable
- Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […]
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Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.countableobsoleteuncountable
syn. recollection · reminiscence