remembrance, remembraunce

[Old Fr. remembrance, from remembrer =to remember (q. v.): Sp. remembranza; Ital. rimembranza. ] 1. The act, state, or proce of remembering; the keeping of a thing in the mind, or the recalling of it to mind; recollection. "The sorweful remembrance of the good dedes that he hath lefte to don here in erthe." -Chaucer: Parson's Tale . 2. The power or faculty of remembering; memory. Shakesp: Tempest, ii. 1. "This lord of weak remembrance ." 3. The period of time over which the power of memory extends; as, it has not happened within my remembrance . 4. The state of being remembered, or of being kept in memory; memory preserved. "Saying a few last words, and enforcing his careful remembrance." Long fellow: Courtship of Miles Standish, v. 5. That which is remembered; a recollection, a memory. "Muse, these dear remembrances must be In these convenient places registered." Daniel: Panegyric to the King. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, Syrian. æ, remembrancer 6. That which serves to recall to, or preserve in memory; as *(1) An account or record preserved; a memorandum or note to a ist the memory. "Those proceedings and remembrances are in the Tower, beginning with the twentieth year of Edward L."- Hale : Drig. of Mankind. *(2) A monument, a memorial. (3) A token by which one is kept in the memory: a keepsake. "If you turn not, you will return the sooner. Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 2. *7. The state or condition of being mindful; thought, regard, consideration. "His majesty, out of a self-gracious remembrance, did IMG:content-0429.png:[blocks in formation]