▪ I. reˈmembering, vbl. n.
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. remember; an instance of this. † in remembering, in remembrance or memory.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 532 Of þat merwale in remembryng. c 1449 Pecock Repr. v. xii. 547 Into the remembring of persones not being religiose. 1521 J. T. Prol. Bradshaw's St. Werburge 40 Who on this wolde haue remembryng..wolde dispise all thynges..mundayne. 1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. Ep. Ded., Doth it not deserue diligent marking and remembring? 1673 True Worship of God 51 A Remembring and Renewing of our Baptismal Vow. 1740 J. Clarke Educ. Youth (ed. 3) 88 The Matter is well worth the remembring. 1846 W. Maskell Mon. Rit. I. p. clxxxv, Wearying the reader with continued rememberings of much, which we might have wished away. 1918 W. Stevens in Poetry (Chicago) May 63 Wait now; have no rememberings of hope, Poor penury. 1969 K. H. Pribram in Sci. Amer. Jan. 73 (title) The neurophysiology of remembering. |
▪ II. reˈmembering, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That remembers († or reminds); † mindful of a thing.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. v. xii. 546 Wherfore it is resonable,..that her outward habit be mad to hem into such..a remembring signe. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxix. G. i, Grave deeply in remembring mind My trust, thy promise true. 1625 Bacon Ess., Great Place (Arb.) 293 Be not too sensible, or too remembring, of thy Place, in Conuersation. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (1677) 21 Touching the knowledge of Brutes, touching their remembring Faculty. 1790 Pennant London (1813) 498 Death..shaking his remembering hour-glass. 1822 Galt Provost xxix, During the remembering prayer, Mr. Pittle put up a few words for criminals under sentence of death. 1886 Swinburne Death Sir H. Taylor in Athenæum 10 Apr. 488/1 Clothed round with reverence of remembering hearts. |