单词 | remind |
释义 | remindv. 1. a. transitive. To recall or bring back (something) to mind; to remember or recollect (something). Also intransitive. Now chiefly English regional and U.S. regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 1615 E. Sandys Sacred Hymns 111 My humbled soule to dust, prostrate on earth, dooth cleve; Remynd thy woord; and up revived servant heve. 1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 189 Let him re-minde, what Attributes were given. 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 194 Whosoever seriously Reminds the Circumstance of Time wherein the Apostle wrote..will easily agree that [etc.]. 1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) ii. 230 This the fierce Saracen wore (for when a Boy, I was their Captive, and remind their Dress). 1788 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 167 Ye'll now remind the happy show'r o' rain. 1826 D. Anderson Poems in Sc. Dial. 36 Their merry homefair I remind. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) To Remind, for remember; as, ‘the company will please remind’. A New York vulgarism. 1904 Dial. Notes 2 243 Remind, to call to mind. Always used with negative, as ‘I don remind’, i.e. I don't remember. 1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 584 Remind, to remember. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)] > recall to someone rememberc1425 admonish1489 mind1590 recollect1615 remind1669 reminisce1892 1669 Earl of Orrery Black Prince in Two New Trag. iii. 28 O do not wound me by reminding things Which rather Trouble than Repentance brings. c. transitive. With direct speech as object: to say in order to recall to another person's mind. ΚΠ 1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception ii. 24 ‘Manuel sent the last two messages,’ Gregson reminded. 1976 B. Freemantle November Man vii. 95 ‘The details..indicated criticism of the Soviet Union,’ reminded Kodes. 1999 EuroBusiness Sept. 102/2 ‘If they throw you a curveball,’ he reminded, ‘ask for a break and come talk to me.’ 2. a. (a) transitive. To cause (a person) to remember someone or something; to cause (a person) to remember or think (again) of. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 bethink1340 recorda1382 reducec1425 rememberc1425 rememorate1460 mind1524 revive?1564 remembrance1593 recall1595 prompt1600 remind1621 enmind1645 immind1647 refricate1657 commonish1661 flap1790 to touch up1796 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith xii. 95 Moreouer Faith will reminde thee of Christs partnership in thy affliction. 1678 T. Tenison Of Idolatry iii. x. 219 And this being an Instance in the Gothick story, it reminds me of The second occasion of the worship of Spirits as Rulers of the World in certain Precincts, especially in this Western Church. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. Pref. sig. C2v By re-minding them often of such Important Truths. 1713 R. Bentley Let. 5 Mar. in I. Newton Corr. (1975) V. 386 I have Sr Isaac's Leave to remind you of what You and I were talking of, An alphabetical Index, & a Preface in your own Name. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. iii. 39 I must intreat you will give me leave to remind you of the consequences. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xi. 202 They would always have reminded me of such a melancholy accident. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Jan. 14/1 Many of the names remind of celebrated episodes. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 291 It will recall and remind and suggest and tantalise, and in the end drive you mad. 1918 E. P. Oppenheim Zeppelin's Passenger xiv. 132 ‘By-the-by, that reminds me,’ he went on, ‘I never saw such a change in two women in my life, as in you and Helen.’ 1992 A. Rule Everything she ever Wanted 192 She reminded him of his true roots every chance she got. 2011 W. Rideau In Place of Justice 324 He reminded them of the phone call that threw me into a panic. (b) transitive. With infinitive or clause as object. ΚΠ 1643 E. Calamy Noble-mans Patterne of True & Reall Thankfulnesse 45 Let me make bold further to remind you, that in this Covenant you have also vowed..to assist the forces raised by the Parliament. 1675 Earl of Essex Lett. (1770) 206 I must also again remind you to advise Mr. Harbord to go more plainly to work. 1730 G. Odingsells Bays's Opera iii. 66 Most mighty Prince, permit me to remind you that it is time to Sacrifice the Victims. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 132 I might remind my mistress that her nod Can rouse eight hardy legions. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. 31 Allow me to remind you, grass is green. 1867 C. Dickens Let. 18 Apr. (1999) XI. 355 The time of year reminds me how the months have gone. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 408 We may be reminded that in nature there is a centripetal as well as a centrifugal force. 1946 Liberty 25 May 74/2 They all have private baths with hot showers... Only the colorful Mexican bedspreads and rugs..will remind you that you're not in your own country. 1975 G. M. Thursby Hindu-Muslim Relations in Brit. India iii. 95 As the musicians neared the first mosque..the inspector reminded them to stop playing their instruments. 2005 E. Barr Plan B (2006) xiii. 137 Her assistant, Sylvie,..reminded her about her three o'clock appointment with a rich collector she needed to woo. b. transitive. To cause (a person) to think of (something or someone) because of a resemblance. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1791 Asiatick Researches 2 85 As he reminded me of Aladdin in the Arabian tale, I designed to give him that name in a recommendatory letter, which he pressed me to write. 1812 Petition Roman Catholics Waterford in Parl. Papers XXII. 495 He reminds me of Harlequin in the pantomime, building up a castle of pasteboard that he might knock it down with his wand of lath. 1888 Overland Monthly Jan. 35/1 She reminded him too strongly of the society belle he could find any day in his native city. 1929 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 14 Mar. in Hour of Gold (1973) 26 It reminded me of circuses:..the glorious swings and the man falling off a tower of chairs. 1978 J. Rowe Warlords 135 She radiated so much irritation that she reminded him of a small angry frilled lizard. 2004 A. Randall Pushkin & Queen of Spades ii. 22 She reminds me of someone I once knew. For a moment I wonder if she reminds me of me at her age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1615 |
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