ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Remise

/ɹɪˈmʌɪz/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, formal) To send or give back..

Definitions by Sense

(transitive, formal) To send or give back.
(transitive, law) To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim.
(obsolete, law) A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.
(now historical) A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
(obsolete) A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
(fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
(music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.

Example Sentences

long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head

[T]his technique implied the existence of garages specializing in "stage-automobile" operations, but I never could discover the remises he used […].

[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.

Word Forms

remises
remising
remised

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When Should You Use Remise?

Use remise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does remise mean?

Remise means (transitive, formal) To send or give back..

What is a synonym for remise?

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

What is the opposite of remise?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use remise in a sentence?

long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head

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Definitions by Sense

(transitive, formal) To send or give back.

(transitive, law) To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim.

(obsolete, law) A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.

(now historical) A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.

(obsolete) A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.

(fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.

(music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.

Example Sentences

long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head

[T]his technique implied the existence of garages specializing in "stage-automobile" operations, but I never could discover the remises he used […].

[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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does remise mean?

Remise means (transitive, formal) To send or give back..

What is a synonym for remise?

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

What is the opposite of remise?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use remise in a sentence?

long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.