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† reˈmene, v. Obs.
[perh. a. OF. remener to bring back; but the senses are app. not OF., and may be based upon those of mean v.1]
1. trans. To make mention of; to commemorate; to recall to mind.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2483 Mony a-venture..Þat I ne tyȝt, at þis tyme, in tale to remene. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 56 He shal turne hym to þe poeple to prayse hem..and remene [pr. remeue] & recomend her gode maneres. c1440Macro Plays (E.E.T.S.) 67/960 Put yt, Lorde, in-to my thowte! Thi olde mercy, let me remene.
2. To compare; to apply by way of comparison or illustration. Const. to.
1377Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 216 This good ship I may remene To the chivalrye of this londe. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 371 Þat by þe tale þat is i-feyned þe sooþ by tokenynge may be remened [printed remeued: L. referatur] to þat þat is soþeliche i-doo in deede. 1390Gower Conf. I. 51 To thi matiere Of love I schal hem so remene, That thou schalt knowe what thei mene. [Cf. II. 348.] c1440York Myst. xii. 50 Þe dewe to þe gode halygaste May be remened [printed remeued] in mannes mynde.
3. To interpret, expound, explain. Also absol.
1382Wyclif Neh. viii. 9 Esdras..and the Leuitus, remenyng [1388 expownynge; L. interpretantes] to al the puple. Ibid. 13 That he remene to them the woordis of the lawe. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iv. 2271 This same figure oure clerkis thus remene.
Hence † reˈmening vbl. n.; also † reˈmenour, interpreter, translator. Obs.
1382Wyclif Ezra Prol., Leuende the sens of scripture he folewide the errour of eche remenour. ― Prov. Prol., The remenyng..of the thre volumes of Salomon. Ibid., The translacioun of the seuenty remenoures. ― Ecclus. xlvii. 18 In prouerbis, and comparisouns, and in remenyngus. |
