remise
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remise¹
- /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/ UK
- /ɹɪˈmaɪz/ US
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).
verb remises · remising · remised
- To send or give back.
- To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim.
noun remises
- A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.
remise²
- /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/ UK
- /ɹɪˈmaɪz/ US
Where it comes from
From French remise.
noun remises
- A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head
- A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise. [H]e actually departed from Paris with two or three gentlemen of his acquaintance, who had hired a Remise for a jaunt to Versailles; and having accompanied them as far as the village of Passé, returned in the dusk of the evening on foot.
- A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
- The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
Talk about this word "remise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/remise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. remise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/remise "remise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/remise.Cite this
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title = {remise},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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