remembrance

substantivo

1. 1

   The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

   Dal[ila]. Let me approach at leaſt, and touch thy hand. / Sams[on]. Not for thy life, leſt fierce remembrance wake / my ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.

   For Titan, by the mightly Loſs [of Phaëthon] diſmay'd, / Among the Heav'ns th'Immortal Fact diſplay'd, / Leſt the remembrance of his Grief ſhould fail, / And in Conſtellations wrote his Tale. [Translation of a work by Claudian.]

2. 2

   The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.

   There's Roſemary, that's for Remembraunce. / Pray loue remember: and there is Paconcies, that's for Thoughts.

   Yes, and did ſee ſuch things there, the remembrance of which will ſtick by me as long as I live; ſpecially three things, to wit, How Chriſt, in deſpite of Satan, maintains his work of Grace in the heart; how the Man had ſinned himſelf quite out of hopes of Gods mercy; and alſo the Dream of him that thought in his ſleep the day of Judgement was come.

   […] Nausicaa blooming as a goddess stands, / With wondering eyes the hero [Odysseus] she survey'd / And grateful thus began the royal maid: / 'Hail, godlike stranger! and when heaven restores / To thy fond wish thy long-expected shores, / This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear, / To me thou owest, to me, the vital air.'

3. 3

   Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

4. 4

   obsoletoSomething which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

   If you turne not: you will returne the ſooner: / Keep this remembrance for thy Iulia’s sake.

   [stanza I] A Gentle Knight was pricking on the Plain, / Yclad in mightie Arms and ſilver Shield, […] / [stanza II] And on his Breaſt a bloody Croſs he bore, / The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, / For whoſe ſweet ſake that glorious Badge he wore, / And dead (as living) ever him ador'd: […]

5. 5

   arcaicoThe power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.

   Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […]

6. 6

   obsoletoSomething to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.

verbo

1. 1

   To remember; to recall to mind.

Formas

plural

remembrances

pretérito

remembranced

particípio passado

remembranced

gerúndio

remembrancing

3.ª pessoa do singular

remembrances