Remise

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To relinquish a claim to; surrender by deed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
  • n. A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
  • v. To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.
  • n. A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
  • n. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
  • n. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law, a granting back; a surrender; release, as of a claim.
  • n. A livery-carriage: so called (for French voiture de remise) as kept in a carriage-house, and distinguished from a fiacre or hackney-coach, which is found on a stand in the public street.
  • n. In fencing, a second thrust which hits the mark after the first thrust has missed, made while the fencer is extended in the lunge.
  • To send back; remit.
  • To give or grant back; release a claim to; resign or surrender by deed.
  • n. A carriage-house in which a remise is kept.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
  • n. an expensive or high-class hackney
  • n. (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
  • Verb Form
    remised    remises    remising   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    remiss   
    Form
    remised    remising   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    return    surrender   
    Same Context
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    peu    écoute    land office    interrompue    vainqueur    troggin    tenue    brass-buttoned    unie    tramcar