verb (used with object), re·mised, re·mis·ing. Law.
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
Origin:
1475–85; < Middle French, feminine past participle of remettre to put back, deliver < Latin remittere to remit
1475–85; < Middle French, feminine past participle of remettre to put back, deliver < Latin remittere to remit
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| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 3. | fencing a second thrust made on the same lunge after the first has missed |
| 4. | obsolete a hired carriage |
| 5. | obsolete a coach house |
| [C17: from French remettre to put back, from Latin remittere to send back, from | |
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