remise

[ ri-mahyz ]
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verb (used with object),re·mised, re·mis·ing.Law.
  1. to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.

Origin of remise

1
1475–85; <Middle French, feminine past participle of remettre to put back, deliver <Latin remittere to remit

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remise

/ (rɪˈmaɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) law to give up or relinquish (a right, claim, etc); surrender

  2. fencing to make a renewed thrust on the same lunge after the first has missed

noun
  1. fencing a second thrust made on the same lunge after the first has missed

  2. obsolete a hired carriage

  1. obsolete a coach house

Origin of remise

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C17: from French remettre to put back, from Latin remittere to send back, from re- + mittere to send

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