remise
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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(tr) law to give up or relinquish (a right, claim, etc); surrender
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fencing to make a renewed thrust on the same lunge after the first has missed
noun
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fencing a second thrust made on the same lunge after the first has missed
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obsolete a hired carriage
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obsolete a coach house
Etymology
Origin of remise
1475–85; < Middle French, feminine past participle of remettre to put back, deliver < Latin remittere to remit
Example Sentences
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Jon Levy—who I would be remise if I didn’t mention once worked as an informercial “Before and After” model—hosted his first dinner party almost four years ago.
From Forbes • Jun. 11, 2013
Miss Mayer evened the score with a remise and a stop-thrust.
From Time Magazine Archive
La d�lib�ration a �t� remise � huitaine selon l'usage.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
Both the remise and the renewal are valid only when the adversary’s riposte does not hit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
At four or earlier every one goes to drive in the voiture de place or the voiture de remise, the latter being a handsome hired carriage of a superior class.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
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