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Definition of Remise
1. Noun. An expensive or high-class hackney.
2. Noun. A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles.
3. Noun. (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte).
Generic synonyms: Knife Thrust, Stab, Thrust
Group relationships: Lunge, Passado, Straight Thrust
Definition of Remise
1. v. t. To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.
2. n. A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
3. n. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
Definition of Remise
1. Noun. (music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition. ¹
2. Noun. (fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm. ¹
3. Verb. To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Remise
1. to give up a claim to [v -MISED, -MISING, -MISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remise
Literary usage of Remise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1843)
"remise, remys, released, remised. remise, received back. ... Remy (seint), St.
Remigius. Remys, remix, left, remains. Remys, remise ..."
2. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne (1888)
"... discretion than by surprise, I faced about, and took a short turn or two before
the door of the remise, whilst she walked musing on one side. ..."
3. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne, John Hall-Stevenson (1774)
"THE remise DOOR, CALAIS. WH ENI told the reader that I did not care to get out
of the ... remise ..."
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