remitn.
/ˈriːmɪt/, /rᵻˈmɪt/, U.S. /rəˈmɪt/, /riˈmɪt/, /ˈriˌmɪt/ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun]
forgivenessc900
givenessc1200
remission?c1225
veny?c1225
gracec1300
forgiftc1315
excusinga1340
absolutiona1393
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
pardonancec1475
forgivance1490
remit1490
oblivion1563
remitting1577
remittance1602
remitment1611
condonation1615
excuse1655
condonance1865
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [noun]
shrifta900
forgivenessc900
absolutionOE
veny?c1225
soilinga1300
lesenessc1300
remission?1316
indulgence1377
assoilingc1380
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
remit1490
remitting1577
remittal1596
remitment1611
absolvement1689
1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 148/1 A Instrument of þe remitt of xl merkis.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) xcv Quho sal be thare to pray for thy remyt?
a1525 A. Cadiou tr. A. Chartier Porteous Noblenes in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 172 Quha that will haf forgifnes and remit of all his trespasis [etc.].
1565–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 422 [He] hes alswa obtenit remit and discharge of the said deforcement.
1589 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 388 A remitt for the said cryme.
a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 109 Thow..left it that did to the Lord belong, Remitt or vengeance for thy brothers blood.
1670 W. Annand Pater Noster v. ii. 164 This is not said to infringe the glory of these holy and glorified Saints..but to hallow their names, or thier vertues, with a remitte, or an ora pro nobis, we have no warrant, because no rule of faith.
1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) xv. 161 When the Dead-warrant was to him sent, To Cromartie they did present A remit for life and libertie.
2.
a. Chiefly Scottish. The referring or consignment of a matter to some other person or authority for settlement; (Law) the transfer of a case from one court or judge to another, or to a judicial nominee. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > referral
submissionc1405
reference1579
referment1586
referrer1650
remit1650
submittal1850
referral1920
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > transfer from one court or judge to another
replegiation1516
remittal1560
remit1650
remover1652
remittitur1714
remitter1726
1650 in Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 67 The meanness of the expences that has been heirtofore grantit and insert in protestatiounes and remitts.
1690 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1822) IX. 225/2 Remit of the proces of treason to the Lords of Justiciary.
1719 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 448 This day the Assembly met, and went through their ordinary business; many, many remits to the Commission.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ii. 24 Let there be no remits from the inner to the outer house.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §92 The amount..shall be ascertained by such magistrate..by means of a remit to persons of skill.
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 170 (note) The procedure was..before the consul,..without any remit to a iudex.
1935 St. Andrews Citizen 18 May 4 A remit was made to the Burgh Engineer to prepare the suggested plan.
2002 A. Bottoms in M. K. Rosenheim et al. Cent. Juvenile Justice xv. 464 Their tasks are also challengingly diverse... For example..in the event of a remit or reference from the Sheriff Court to the Hearing, explaining..the respective legal powers..of the hearing and the court.
b. Chiefly British. A set of instructions, a brief; an area of authority or responsibility. Frequently in within (also beyond, etc.) one's remit.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > injunction or instruction > an injunction or instruction > set of
standing order1619
sailing orders1796
marching orders1856
remit1877
rules of engagement1957
ROE1970
1877 W. Alexander Notes & Sketches of N. Rural Life in 18th Cent. xvi. 125 Mr. Wight does not appear to have considered it within his remit to offer remarks in detail upon the state of the roads.
1918 R. Lodge Hist. Eng. (new impr.) xviii. 427 The commissioners had even ventured to go beyond their remit, which concerned only the forfeited estates.
1963 Guardian 30 May 8/6 The remit given to Sir Gilbert Flemming, who is considering the possibility of the dispersal of Government departments.
1988 Jrnl. Design Hist. 1 93/2 It was not in itself a bad thing..that women should engrave on wood: but it was not within the remit of the Schools so to permit them.
2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 28/1 Even their generous remit wouldn't allow them to include the dictionary entire.
c. Chiefly New Zealand. An item submitted for consideration at a meeting, conference, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of meeting > item submitted
remit1902
1902 N.Z. Jrnl. Educ. 3 247 Mr. Johnson moved the Taranaki remit, That the desirableness be urged upon the Minister of having a uniform set of text books in use in the schools throughout the colony.
1918 Conf. United Federation of Labor (N.Z.) 4/1 Mr. B. Martin moved the Auckland District Council remit: ‘That capitation to the National Executive from the District Councils under clause 12 be reduced to 3d per member.’
1958 N.Z. Listener 5 Sept. 8/2 We might see that New Zealand would put a remit up to the International Board and it would be turned down.
1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. viii. 174 Policies of influential bodies are a good deal determined by remits from below.
2001 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. 20 Ten remits have been submitted for consideration at the Wool Board's annual meeting.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > reference or cross-reference
quotation1532
refermenta1558
reference1599
quote1600
renvoy1650
remit1688
cross-reference1834
1688 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles Index This Fourth Part is divided in four Branches..; and when any of them are in the First Part of the Work, there is a Remit to it, and the Page Cited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
remitv.
/rᵻˈmɪt/, U.S. /rəˈmɪt/, /riˈmɪt/ I. Senses relating to surrender or forgiveness.† 4. transitive. To discharge, release, liberate (a person). Also with of, to. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To give up, resign, or surrender (a right, claim, possession, etc.); to relinquish. Now chiefly in historical contexts.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > renounce
to claim quitc1314
to quit claimc1314
remisea1325
release1379
remit1379
renouncec1400
to put apart1455
discharge1466
to swear out1598
to quit claim to1664
remiss1701
cut1791
renunciate1848
1379 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 2 Wete yhe me..[to] haue releissit quytclaymit & for euer mare remittyt..till an michty lorde..all my rycht clayme [etc.].
c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 116 (MED) Roger remittid [L. recognouit] And grauntid the forsaide xxv acris of londe..to be thee ryȝght of the same Abbot.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 42 (heading) A Charter..remyttyng and quyte-claymyng to the abbesse and mynchons of Godestowe all his right and clayme that he had toward the forsaid abbesse and mynchons.
1539 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 199 The said Schir Dauid..to remyt the clame of the said oxin depending in the consistore.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 459 Quee. Will you haue me, or your Pearle againe? Berow. Neither of either: I remit both twaine. View more context for this quotation
1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 24 The King..was..led..to remit his whole authority into the hands of their neerest Allies.
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 22 Th' Ægyptian Crown I to your hands remit.
1724 W. Harris Pract. Disc. Princ. Representations Messiah xiv. 387 Justice, in this consideration of the case, could not remit its right, and required of him a proper amends.
1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 53 All government..is founded on compromise and barter..we give and take; we remit some rights, that we may enjoy others.
1851 J. Sortain Hildebrand & Excommunicated Emperor (1852) xvii. 176 Tell him, in the name of his dying friend, never to remit his rights.
1867 J. M. Gregory Handbk. Hist. & Chronol. 12 Louis gave his neice [sic]..to Ferdinand as his wife, and remitted his claim on the crown of Naples as her dower.
2005 D. Crook in B. K. U. Weiler et al. 13th Cent. Eng. XI 201 An agreement was made in which Roger remitted his claim on the land..in return for a payment of two marks.
2. † c. transitive. To exempt from confiscation. Obsolete. rare.† d. transitive. To grant as a respite. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To refrain from exacting (all or part of a payment, an obligation, etc.); to allow to remain unpaid or unperformed. Also (esp. in later use): to reduce (a payment). In quot. 1886: to release (a person) from an obligation.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > remit (an obligation)
quitc1300
remit1405
pardon1433
to dispense with1530
dispense1532
mitigate1651
1405 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 61 Schir Willam..has releschyt remittyt & for gyffin..to the forsaid erle..al wardis mariagis and relevis that [etc.].
1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §11. m. 3 To pardon and remitte unto the seid commons the seid .vim .li.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 481 (MED) This Steven, crownede into the kynge, did swere..that he wolde remitte [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. forȝeve] Danegeld.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lx It is reason that the lordes remit some part therof [sc. rent].
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. x. 21 All this His Majesty remitted, and onely took the principall.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 285 The Queen..rigorously demanded the present payment of some arrears, which Sir Christopher did not hope to have remitted.
1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome vi. 109 She remitted the Arrears that were owing.
1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Commons Sel Comm. Bengal, Bahar, & Orissa iii. 19 They remit by the like authority the Duties to which all private Trade is subject.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. iv. 575 The rents of the husbandman, and other taxes, were remitted.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iii. iii. 323 Let it be assumed that every farmer has the rent of his farm remitted for the next thirty years.
1886 H. R. F. Bourne Eng. Merchants I. 66 Having..remitted and quitted claim to the king for all..debts.
1907 B. E. Fernow Brief Hist. Forestry 159 In 1865 the Austrian government..undertook to encourage and assist private landowners in reforesting their Karst lands by remitting taxes on reforested lands.
1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. v. 59 He was..always remitting his tenants' rents and giving the tenants to understand that the reduction would be permanent.
1932 F. W. Reeves et al. Liberal Arts College lxvii. 638 In other cases the offer to remit a part of the tuition fees is used as a recruiting device—a type of price-cutting.
1980 Educ. Act c. 80 §17(1) The Secretary of State shall..operate a scheme whereby..participating schools remit fees that would otherwise be chargeable in respect of pupils selected for assisted places.
2004 W. R. Hofstra Planting of New Virginia ii. 65 To encourage settlement, the Burgesses remitted taxes in the new counties for ten years.
b. transitive. To refrain from inflicting (a punishment) or carrying out (a sentence); to cancel, withdraw. Also: to reduce (a punishment or sentence), commute. In quot. 1868: to grant remission of (suffering).
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)] > remit a sentence or penalty
releasec1325
respite?c1450
remit1484
relet?a1560
retreat1678
1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §6. m. 9 Oure said soveraigne lorde..remitteth and woll forbere the greate punyshment of atteynder.
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 50 The ofter thou confes to the preist..the mare of the pane of purgatore is remittit to thé.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 15 b The whole citie thought to remitte the necessitie of his punishment for the honour of his father.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1345 The officer deputed for th' offence Will winck at smale faultes & remit correction.
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 118 The queen remitted the quartering of his body.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. I. i. 46 God may freely forgive the Sins of the World, and remit the Punishment.
1807 G. Crabbe Hall of Justice i, in Poems 239 Remit awhile the harsh command.
1858 G. Fowler Lives Sovereigns Russia II. i. 42 The capital punishment was remitted to that of exile in Siberia.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 166 How does lenity to me, Remit one death-bed pang to her?
1902 S. Webb & B. Webb Hist. Trade Unionism (new ed.) v. 133 The Government, far from remitting the punishment, refused even to recognise that it was excessive.
1964 C. V. Wedgewood Trial Charles I (1967) x. 249 The death sentence on these lesser men was remitted to life imprisonment.
2005 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 16 The 66-year-old career criminal petitioned President Mary McAleese to have the remaining eight months of his sentence remitted.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > exempt from confiscation
remit1741
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. ii. 104 Verres for a valuable consideration sometimes remitted the ship.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > grant delay or respite
frista1225
respitea1393
remit1814
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. xiv. 54 I will, at least, delay The sentence that remits thee scarce a day.
3.
a. transitive. To forgive or pardon (a sin, offence, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)] > specifically an offence
forgiveOE
atletc1200
to pass overa1425
sparea1425
remit1457
dispense1563
dismissa1616
condonate1656
condone1851
to look over ——1887
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > give absolution [verb (transitive)] > absolve a sin
shrive1303
pardonc1390
remit1457
absolve1537
1457 in C. Innes Registrum de Dunfermelyn (1842) 344 All thingis concernyng the said mater..strekyn by & fullely remyttyt foreuermar.
a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 12 (MED) All oure syne..He remytteth sone and grantteth indulgens.
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 399 All that was done was remytte and the kyng of Fraunce ressayued his wyfe with a grete worship.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) John xx. 23 Whose synnes soeuer ye remytte they are remytted vnto them.
1608 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion in Wks. (1620) I. 695 Bee pleased..for His sake to remit my former vngratefulnesse.
1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) i. iii. viii. 254 The English being easily to be reconciled, to pardon and remit Offences.
1784 E. Allen Reason xiii. §4. 455 That St. Peter or his successors should have a power of..remitting or retaining sins, is too great a power to be intrusted in men,..precluding the divine retribution of justice.
1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. v. 114 Your Majesty was pleased to remit his more outrageous and insolent attempt upon your royal crown.
1852 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. Jan. 32 If..they do sin, then are their sins remissible and remitted.
1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif ix. 297 It is impossible for the priest to remit the sins of any unless they are first remitted by Christ.
1921 Jrnl. Relig. 1 438 The whole penance system sprang out of ‘a commission formally and authoritatively given by our Lord’ by which the Apostles were authorized to remit or to retain sins.
1988 R. Loeffler Islam in Pract. iii. 45 Many sins will be forgiven, but only light ones..—such offences are remitted for alms or dedication or some other merit.
2004 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 17 July e 3 Baptism allows our sins to be remitted though Christ's atonement.
b. transitive. To spare, pardon, or forgive (a person). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
forgivec1000
remit1501
1501 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 102 Our soverane lord has..remictit [read remittit] first all and sindrie his legis that come..til desyre remissions.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBvv He wolde nat his prelate to shewe any mercy on hym, nor to remytte or spare hym in any thynge.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 John ii. f. xliiii For God remitteth not him, yt forgeueth not his brother.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. C5 Can man pardon or remit him, whom God doth condemne?
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 79 Bee comforted in God, who hath remitted thee.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. xxviii. § iv. 550 Though I think this should hold in such as are remitted, after they are condemned.
1836 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather II. xxxiii. 205 Five ministers of Edinburgh, who refused compliance, were commanded to remove from the city... Four of that number acknowledging their fault, were pardoned and remitted.
1850 R. Montgomery in Churchman's Pulpit 2/2 In regard to God there is no neutrality... Either we are unpardoned, or we are remitted.
1995 S. Strehle Catholic Roots of Protestant Gospel i. 25 They, unlike Luther, did not demand certitude of those who are genuinely remitted of their sins.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)]
freeeOE
letc1000
alithOE
areim-ena1250
alaskic1300
fritha1325
loose1340
unfetterc1374
to let goc1384
releasec1384
freitha1400
to let farea1400
assoil1401
remit1467
affranchise1477
resplaitc1531
discussa1542
freedom1548
to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609
re-enfranchise1611
unhook1611
unloose1614
liberate1623
disenfranchise1626
assert1638
relinquish1671
uncork1749
unfankle1824
1467–8 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. June 1467 §8. m. 4 Eny persone..to be remitted, acquited or discharged of eny somme or sommes of money..be not hurt by eny acte..made in this present parlement.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxixv Wee clerely remitted, and deliuered hym into his countrey.
1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Div If treason none by me be done, or any fault committed, Let my accusers beare the blame, and let me be remitted.
1634 G. Garrard Let. 1 Mar. in Earl of Strafford Lett. & Disp. (1739) I. 373 Mr. Selden is remitted of those Fetters that lay upon him.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 16 His Lordship was committed to the Tower..; and though he was afterwards remitted to more Air, he continued a Prisoner to his death.
1783 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XI. 68 The Indian nations were not abandoned to their enemies; they were remitted to the care of their neighbours.
II. Senses relating to ceasing or diminishing.† 7. transitive. To relax; to reduce the tension of (something). Obsolete.
5. † c. intransitive. To desist from an activity; to give over. Also with from. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To cease or moderate (anger, displeasure, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > specific something abstract
forgivec1175
repealc1390
remit1394
disgorgea1523
to lay down1611
degorge1622
ungive1645
to give over1674
1394 Rolls of Parl.: Richard II (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1394 §11. m. 6 Byseche yowe of your gode lordship to remyt me your mautalent.
?a1450 in C. von Nolcken Middle Eng. Transl. Rosarium Theol. (1979) 64 Ȝe lordes, do ȝe þe same to þam, remittand ȝour manace, etc.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 635 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 168 Þare-for his malancoly to þat man he remyttyte þare.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxvii. 31 This blessid lord Jhesu Crist..remitted his rigour, descending downe to the erthe.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxvijv I beseche him to remit all displeasure.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. ix. ix. 181 [He] woulde not hitherto haue remitted his tyrannie, had not he..bene compelled.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 210 Our Supream Foe in time may much remit His anger. View more context for this quotation
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. App. ii. 258 That he would remit his displeasure.
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. 43 Remit, O Queen! thy accustomed rage!
1834 Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 401/1 Their rage was now remitted for a few moments to take breath.
1875 Ld. Neaves Songs & Verses (ed. 4) 132 Then his patriot rage may he never remit, Till he floors every foeman of order and Kit!
1953 M. Powicke 13th Cent. vii. 286 While he remitted his anger, he insisted that there must be..amends to himself.
2005 M. Dillon & L. Garland Anc. Rome vii. 401 After this, the sacrifices and the auguries became favourable, as if the gods had remitted their anger against them.
b. transitive. To give up (a pursuit, an occupation, etc.); to abandon; to desist from.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > abandon or relinquish (an activity or occupation)
remit1587
to give up1589
quit1607
to give off1613
to get out of ——1632
ding1852
to jack up1880
jack1902
to throw in1951
toss in1956
1587 R. Hovenden in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 220 The Ladi Stafford was resolved to remyt hir suite.
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 60 They..caused them to remit their workes.
1687 Lady Russell Lett. I. li. 123 It seems I must remit seeing you, as you once kindly intended.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 286 Who digging round the plant still hangs his head, Nor ought remits the work.
1806 C. Symmons Life Milton (1810) 433 The shameless vivaciousness with which it refused to remit its grasp of political existence.
1817 Christian Herald 13 Dec. 179 Masters have allowed their servants to remit their work for days, during their distress of mind, that they might read the scriptures.
1867 F. H. Ludlow Brace of Boys 275 They became galvanically active the moment they were punched up, and fell flat the moment the punching was remitted.
1901 W. D. Howells Literary Friends 26 I had remitted my search for the moment.
1949 J. Pope-Hennessy Monckton Milnes iv. 91 Their friendship was confined to breakfast-table civilities, and soon even these were remitted.
2006 J. Haffenden W. Empson II. viii. 212 Instead of enforcing their advantage over the exhausted Chinese..they remitted their efforts and began to talk of truce talks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
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stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. vi. 209 They remitted from their toil.
1806 Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. Nov. 319 With regard to..the sacraments, Mr. Tuke has not inclined us to remit or relax one tittle.
1841 R. W. Emerson Man Reformer in Dial Apr. 529 Their enemies will not remit; rust, mould, vermin..all seize their own.
6. † a. intransitive. To allow or show an abatement of a quality or activity. Obsolete.† b. transitive. To allow (diligence, attention, etc.) to decrease in intensity or to abate. Obsolete.† c. transitive. To lessen, diminish, abate (a condition, a quality, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > admit or manifest decrease of some quality
remitc1450
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 135 (MED) A yerde..With mannys hond i-bowed to þe grounde, If þat þe hond remitteþ [L. remisit] of his strengþe, þe cropp full sone will vp aȝeyn rebounde.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. i. i. 4 When he..remembred that he was but a man, and remitted of his pride.
1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 38 To try if the Athenians..would yet in some degree remit of their obstinacy.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 342 The strongest passions sometimes remit of their violence.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. v. 84 At the end of about two months, the severity of my fate began to remit of its rigour.
1800 W. C. Brown tr. G. Borsieri de Kanifeld Inst. Pract. Med. I. i. 212 After the symptoms of concoction..the disease remitted of its violence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow attention to slacken
remit?1510
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > be remiss about > allow (one's diligence) to slacken
remit?1510
?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. d.iv Ye shall not think that my trauaile & diligence in studi is any thing remitted or slakked.
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F2 He that the care of realme remits [etc.].
1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning 39 As the carriages of a mans conuersation bee diuers, so be the apprehensions of his comfort: sometimes it is more attended, and carried more purely; sometimes care is remitted, and the course more corrupt.
1683 J. Collinges Intercourses Divine Love (new ed.) xl. 583 The world..is full of objects, that gratifie our sensitive appetite in these things; these are continual temptations to us to remit at least the care of our own souls.
1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 578 To make the Attainment of it more and more difficult, that they may insensibly remit their ardour and cease from their Persuit.
1780 S. Johnson Let. 30 May (1992) III. 264 Do not remit your care.
1804 M. Edgeworth Manufacturers iii, in Pop. Tales II. 359 I have never remitted my attention to business.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 154 Nor did the voluntary exiles established in Flanders remit their diligence in filling the kingdom with emissaries.
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 348 We may, without being chargeable with exaction, ask of him to remit a little the rigour of his requirements.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae v. 159 Day found me at the pleasing task; nor did I then remit my diligence.
a1924 M. Ghose Coll. Poems (1970) ii. vii. 3 One who to scandal leans no ear, Can brook her neighbour's praise, Remits no household care to hold The giddy world in chase.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]
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anitherOE
wanzelOE
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to cut back1943
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a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1990) III. 41 Quhen þis sacrament is resauit deuotlie it remittis the payn þat the persoune is oblist to susteyn nocht euir all the payn bot part of it.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxi. 250 You shall both mitigate the paine..& remit the tumour also.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 39 Stiffe winter which no spring remits.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 316 When the heat, pain, Feaver are remitted.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 979 The light by little and little is remitted and slackned.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 17. ⁋5 Every man has experienced how much of this ardour has been remitted, when a sharp..sickness has set death before his eyes.
1836 Herald of Truth 3 266/3 Suppose he should first inform me that he could remit the fever, but he could not save my life.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. xi. 323 The sun..darts upon us a torrent of fiery beams, not to be remitted till the far-off evening.
d. intransitive. To decrease in strength or intensity; to abate, diminish, slacken. Now rare.In later use perhaps influenced by sense 6e.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]
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1629 H. C. Disc. Drayning Fennes sig. C The whole masse of waters..continues upon the face of the Fenne till those windes remit.
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 39 The vigor of his Law could no more remit, then the hallowed fire on his altar could be let goe out.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 198 Till such time as its Motion begins to remit and be less rapid.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 16 How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. I. viii. 309 The fishermen's wives..seemed equally determined not to let the intention remit.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xiii. 23 Meantime the valor of Idomeneus Remitted not.
1985 W. Frain-Bell Cutaneous Photobiol. ii. 24 The summer-time excoriations sometimes only partially remitted during the winter.
e. intransitive. Medicine. Of a disease or symptom: to decrease in severity or cease for a period; to undergo or experience a remission (remission n. 5b). Also in figurative contexts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > of injury, etc.: heal [verb (intransitive)] > of pain, fever, or disease: abate
lightOE
discuss1559
menda1600
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1665 Eight Sections Hippocrates Aphorismes ii. i. 34 Whether the Disease do first remit, or be lessened.
1685 tr. T. Willis London Pract. Physick 533 If upon sore Lips the Fever does not remit, it will prove of long continuance and severe.
1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 195 The fever thus treated, remits generally towards the sixth or seventh day.
1783 S. Johnson Let. 30 Sept. (1994) IV. 210 I have been..much harassed with the gout, but that has now remitted.
1817 J. Williamson Med. & Misc. Observ. W. India Islands I. 321 At night, fever remitted; skin cool and moist.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Feb. 13/2 The ‘Otello’ fever at Milan seems at last a little inclined to remit.
1910 Lancet 21 May 1434/2 The temperature then remitted, and after 35 days came to normal by lysis exactly like typhoid fever.
1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 16/2 Depression..remitted over time along with the rest of the psychotic pathology.
2004 Psychiatric Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. 21 Of those with ‘process schizophrenia’, 57% remitted.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [verb (transitive)] > make slack or not tense
resolvea1398
remit?1518
slacken1611
unstretch1611
unstrain1616
ease1627
relieve1814
untighten1836
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body
relax?a1425
remit?1518
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?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Dv Cesse nat, perseuer knocke & stande Remyt not thyne armes: by knockynge fitigate.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια viii. xxxvi. 643 Galen..to cure one that had an Vlcer on the inside of the Rough Arterie, caused the Patient to lye vpon his backe, and a moyst Medicine..to be held in the mouth as long as hee could, and to relax and remit the Muscles of the place.
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. iii. 92 When the Breath is drawn in the Midriff is stretched, when it is blowne out, it is remitted or slackned.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 29 'Tis by this..the Lungs are intended or remitted.
1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Meteors Stile in tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Logomachys 192 Let the Judgement..sometimes remit, and sometimes contract the Reins.
III. Senses relating to referring or sending.† 14.
8. † b. transitive. To assign or refer to (a book) as a source of information. Obsolete. rare.† c. transitive. To direct (a person) to a task. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To refer or direct (a person) to a book, a person, etc., for information. In quot. 1417: to dispatch (a person) for more information.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > refer reader to authority
remitc1400
sendc1449
refer?1531
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c1400 Omnis Plantacio (Egerton) l. 1845 in Wks. Lollard Preacher (2001) 86 And Petir remittiþ þe peple to Crist for to take of him ensaumple.
1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 62 (MED) We remitte hem to have ful declaracion and verrai knaweleche of you in that matere.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 3689 (MED) I me excuse..And ȝou remitte to Guydo for to se How he discriveth bi ordre hir bewte.
1453 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1837) VI. 157 (MED) All suche persones as clayme any propertee in any parte of the saide tynne, that ye remitte theim to the lordes of oure Counsaill..by whome it shall be purveied for theire contenting and paiement.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance Pref. f. viv And some suche places yet as I had happed to finde, I haue remytted the reader vnto in myne apologye.
a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) xxxii. 1346 Gif ȝe of þat thing mare will wit, To Ovidis buke I ȝow remytt.
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 49 To the particularities whereof..I remit those that are disposed to see and consider.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 113 Well might profane persons be remitted to this river, thereby to be instructed in the Sabbaths due observation.
1714 Ellwoods' Autobiog. Pref. Much of this being already done in the ensuing Pages, I chuse to remit the Reader thither.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 16 The Emperor..without deigning to answer a single word, remitted him to his ministers.
1835–8 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages (1844) 156 Let us hear Du Cange, to whom Robertson remits us.
1867 W. M. Rossetti Fine Art vi. 196 We remit the reader to the..details which he will find in the catalogue.
1927 O. Elton Surv. Eng. Lit. 1730–1780 II. xvii. 180 I remit the reader to the arguments.
1951 Internat. Law Rep. 150 ‘Included’ for what purpose? This question remits us to Article 3.
2003 Y. Halevi-Wise Interactive Fiction 164 I remit the reader to the previous chapter for a distinction between mainstream realist novels and..realism's fringe manifestations.
ΚΠ
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry Prol. sig. Av I remytte that boke as myne auctour therof.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > enjoin or instruct
kenc1330
remit1544
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1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. D Remyttynge Byshops to attende their offyce and vocacyon by God..appoynted.
9. † b. transitive. To send (a person or thing) in return; to send back. Obsolete.† c. transitive. To emit or send out again. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To send (a person) back to prison or to another form of custody; to recommit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > back
remit1414
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > commit to custody > recommit to custody
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1414 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 57/2 I was remitted to the Prison of Flete, at the instance of some of the Juges.
1426 W. Aslak Petition to Duke of Bedford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 507 Walter schuld kepe his day be-fore þe Chauncelere specefyd in þe wryt, and to cum agayne in warde of here officere to þe preson of Norwich in case he were remit.
1473–4 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 2nd Roll §26. m. 2 Thomas Buysshop, grocer, was late witholden in prison..the seid chaunceller there remitted the seid Thomas Buysshop ageyn.
1519 tr. J. Rastell Statutes sig. F.viiv The same justyce shal remyt hym agayne to pryson or let hym to bayle by theyr discression.
1622 T. May Heire vi. sig. Hv Away with him, Ile heare no more, remit him to Prison.
1653 Ld. Vaux tr. A. Godeau Life St. Paul 300 The Captain..remitted him, with the rest of his prisoners, into the hands of the Prefect of the Pretorium.
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 134 The Pris'ner was remitted to the Guard.
1720 D. Manley Power of Love iii. 227 The Vice-Roy resolving not to give too hasty a Judgment, remitted back Violenta to Prison.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 414 Whether such a return was sufficient in law to justify the court in remitting the parties to custody.
1865 Solicitors Jrnl. & Reporter 3 June 678/1 He was three times brought before the Court, and on each time remitted to prison.
1908 J. Gairdner Lollardy & Reformation I. ii. 173 He was remitted to prison and afterwards examined before one of the Bishop's council.
1956 Evening Jrnl.-Tribune (Marysville, Ohio) 28 May 1/2 A fifth youngster involved in the case was remitted to the custody of the juvenile court.
1999 J. Laing Care or Custody? iii. 147 Those offenders..who successfully recover in hospital should not then simply be remitted to prison for the remainder of their sentence.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send > back again
remand1439
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a1466 R. Taverham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 321 Reuerent maister, remitte me summe letter by the brynger her of of [sic] all thes maters.
a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) f. 474v William Bastard send to Malcolm ane herald, desiring Edgare suld be remittit to Ingland.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 113 He gave them freedom, and remitted them ransomlesse, sent them all back again.
1664 W. Oake Let. 13 Oct. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 256 Having perused and transcribed your papers I remit them with thanks.
1760 J. Hawkesworth Let. 3 Feb. in R. Freeman Kentish Poets (1821) 195 I will go through the rest..and in the mean time you may..send what I now remit to you, after it has undergone your revision, to Jefferies.
1901 G. Festing Unstoried in Hist. v. 200 He was continually remitting various articles of merchandise..and..she was ordered to send him out English goods.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > again
remit1700
re-emit1856
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 522 Whether Earth's an Animal, and Air Imbibes; her Lungs with coolness to repair, And what she sucks remits.
10. † b. transitive. To commit (a person or thing) to (also into) the charge or control of another. Also reflexive. Obsolete.† d. transitive (reflexive). = refer v. 1a. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To refer (a matter) for consideration, decision, performance, etc., to a person or an authority, now typically to one empowered or appointed for the purpose; (Law) to send back (a case) to a lower court. Also occasionally intransitive. Frequently with to.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (intransitive)] > send back to inferior court
remit?a1425
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > remove to another court or judge
remit?a1425
repledgec1430
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > leave to another to deal with > refer to another to deal with
remit?a1425
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relegate1847
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 210 (MED) Oure holy fader..remytted my boke to ben examyned & preued be the Avys of his seyd conseill.
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 40 (MED) Theremenant of his nature I remitte to Milbourne, þe king otere hunte.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ix They remytted the cause to be discuted or pleted before the Juge.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. vv The spyrituall construction of this text, I remyt to the doctours of dyuinite.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 545 Let them remit the iudgement and deciding of their controuersies to the arbitrement of some good men.
1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 14 He remitted the business to the chief Governors and Commanders.
1678 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 332 The Lords Commissioners of Justitiary..remitts the samen [article of the dittay] to the knowledge of an assise.
1762 S. Foote Orators i. 23 We shall..remit the examination of the ignoble ones to the care of subaltern artists.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 52 The circuit judge..may recall the judgment appealed from, and remit to the inferior court with instructions.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 923 A case..remitted..to the small debt court.
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 59 The task and job question was remitted to the Commissioners on the Civil Affairs of the Navy.
1884 Law Times Rep. 50 174/1 The defendants gave notice of their motion to set aside and remit the report [of the special referee].
1914 Times 11 Mar. 53/1 A new 150-ton crane should be ordered..and the question whether this should be a quay crane or a floating crane has been remitted to a sub-committee for consideration.
1977 Law & Contemp. Probl. 41 152 The Court remitted the case to the Appellate Division for a review of the facts.
1995 M. J. Trebilcock & R. Howse Regulation of Internat.Trade v. 100 This issue has been remitted to the Committee on Antidumping Practices..for resolution.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > specifically a person
bequeathc1225
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remit?a1425
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 2v (MED) Many Idiotez..remitteþ sike men of al sikenes to seyntes alone.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 682 God..wholly remitted his People to the Conduct of the Priests and Levites.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 190 As he knew best what befitted his own Rank and Condition, I would wholly remit myself to his good Pleasure.
1859 Amer. Q. Rev. Freemasonry 56/1 They [sc. documents] were subsequently remitted to the charge of Bro. James Van Vassner, Lord of Opdam.
1867 Eclectic Mag. May 602/2 We have remitted the lady Marie Joysel into the hands of the Sieur Thomé, her husband.
c. transitive. To transfer (a person) from one court, tribunal, etc., to another for trial, sentencing, or other action. Usually with to. Cf. sense 10a.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > remove to another court or judge > specifically a person
remita1500
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3216 To þe cowrt off Rome he past To be assoilȝede fra þine was he Remyttit hayme in his cuntre.
c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 54 Gif ony burges be..summonit..to the kingis court..he sall compeir thair, and desyre to be remmit to the court of the burgh quhairin he is burges.
1641 in W. Stevenson Presbyterie Bk. Kirkcaldie (1900) 202 The brethren remitts him to the sessioun of Auchterdirran to be censured thair.
1681 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) I. 437 Adam Red..was remitted home to satisfie as the minister should appoint.
1741 S. Johnson Deb. in Gentleman's Mag. Suppl. 677 If we remit this Offender..to any inferior Court [etc.].
1827 J. Aikman tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. IV. 586 He was remitted to the court of justiciary to undergo the mock form of a trial.
1844 Proc. Naval Court Martial A. S. Mackenzie 256/1 The ambassador would..remit the offender in irons to his own country for trial.
1911 Michigan Law Rev. 9 728 The court will not remit him to a court of law, when the question can be examined better in equity.
1952 Mod. Law Rev. 15 473 Those between 14 and 16 could be sent to corrective homes, or..remitted for trial to the ordinary courts.
1986 Stone's Justices' Man. (ed. 118) III. v. 6055 Where a magistrates' court remits an offender to some other magistrates' court..after convicting him of an offence [etc.].
2002 Times (Nexis) 29 June 13 A gang of teenagers who carried out a 13-month crimewave in the North of Scotland were remitted yesterday to the High Court for sentence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust [verb (reflexive)] > entrust
refer1391
remit1674
1674 Govt. Tongue 18 I dare in this remit me to themselves, and challenge..their natural ingenuity to say [etc.].
11. † a. transitive. Law. To restore to a former and more valid title. Usually with to. Cf. remitter n.2 1. Obsolete.In quot. c1440: to restore to former privileges.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (transitive)] > give legal title to > restore to former more valid title
remitc1440
c1440 Chancery Petitions (Public Rec. Office) Ser. CP1 File 12 No. 199 (MED) The said Richard Hertangir may be lawefully remytted and restored to þe libertees, pryvilegges, and fraunchises of Seynt Martyns.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. li In so moche that the wyfe is in her remytter, he is remytted to his reuercyon.
1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights xix. 156 The eldest daughter is remitted, that is remaunded and setled in the ancient estate.
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Remitter.., If Land descend to him that has right to it before, he shall be remitted to his better Title, if he will.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. ii. 21 If the issue in tail be barred by the fine..of his ancestor, and the freehold is afterwards cast upon him; he shall not be remitted to his estate tail.
1828 F. L. Hawks Rep. Supreme Court N.-Carolina 4 322 If the freehold be cast on him by act of law or by recovery, he shall be remitted to his ancient estate.
1853 R. M. Kerr Action at Law Introd. 9 In this case he is remitted or sent back, by operation of law, to his ancient and more certain title.
b. transitive. To put back into or return to a previous position, state, or condition. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)]
reversea1393
converta1425
undo1426
unmakec1450
recommencea1513
unweave1542
mismake1575
resubstantiate1584
unspin1587
remit1591
retrievea1596
remetamorphose1598
remorphize1603
reconvert1609
unlive1621
unravel1637
relapse1652
to bring about1680
uncoin1833
unpay1842
reset1846
revert1856
unweb1882
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1254 He bad the Lyon be remitted Into his seate.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxii. 142 Thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 186 It was a long while ere it [sc. the city] could be remitted into its former condition.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 687 Nor only dost [thou] degrade them, or remit To life obscur'd, which were a fair dismission. View more context for this quotation
1761 New Comp. Fest. & Fasts xxxvi. §2. 353 When death..is making his near approach to..remit us to darkness and oblivion.
1863 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 171 1836 You propose to remit to slavery 3,000,000 of negroes.
1917 E. P. Oberholtzer Hist. U.S. since Civil War I. vii. 451 Not for a moment should any think that the conduct of the business of government had been remitted into the hands of the President.
2006 L. T. Christopher Kabbalah, Magic & Self-transformation 344 The work of light..has been accomplished. By the power in me..I now remit it into its due place in the outer world.
12.
a. transitive. To send or transfer (something, esp. money) to a person or place. Usually with to.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send
i-send971
sendOE
transmita1400
waivea1400
to send down1455
envoy1481
to send over1483
remit1543
despeed1611
society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > remit money
remit1543
return1615
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > transmit money to a person or place
remit1543
1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 in Statutes of Realm (1817) III. 971 His Subjects..moost willingly and benevolently..doo remyt..the same sommes of money.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 98 [He] makes one of her proudest Cities his Scale, for remitting his Moneyes to Leoncia.
1690 in J. Mackenzie Siege London-Derry 54/1 You are to receive and dispose of the Thousand pounds which shall be remitted to you, to the best advantage.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 23 June 193 We parted, and he remitted me a small annuity.
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 149 This has prevented the treasury board from remitting any money to this place.
1819 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 29 May (1997) II. 1356 Desired P. Gibson to remit to Leroy & Bayard of N. York 432.25 being interest to 25. of June next on my last instalment.
1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. (1852) III. 61 He had recently remitted a great part of his fortune to Europe, through the Dutch East India Company.
1853 W. Robson tr. A. Dumas Three Musketeers xlvii. 305 As to remitting a letter with safety to her majesty,..I will take that upon myself.
1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 May 294/1 Sums of money could be remitted for the purpose of taking up bills on the last day of grace.
1923 J. D. Hackett Labor Terms in Managem. Engin. May Dues of union employees are deducted from their wages by the employer and periodically remitted to the district union organization.
1958 G. B. Sansom Hist. Japan to 1334 v. 87 Though the taxes were duly collected by the proper officials, they were then remitted to the monastery in question.
1990 Nation (N.Y.) 22 Oct. 442/2 World-leader team photos..are remitted home to remind the onshore peons that they are part of the world ‘community’.
2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 7/6 No more funds will be remitted to headteachers who fail to account for Universal Primary Education (UPE) monies.
b. intransitive. To send or transfer money.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend or incur expense [verb (intransitive)] > transit money to a person or place
remit1638
1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce vi. cccii. 36 It is requisite for him that remitteth, to know..how much the Crowne, Dollar, Duccat, or Pound..is worth in the place whither he would make his remittance unto.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 471 They oblig'd themselves to remit, after the rate of Twelve Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, per Annum.
1773 J. Johnson Let. 29 June in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 82 I see there is no retracting unless we at once submit to ruin and, to prevent which, it depends on you in remitting.
1809 Ld. Byron Let. 12 Nov. (1973) I. 230 I expect Hanson to remit regularly.
1864 Wisconsin Farmer 1 Aug. 318 We may have found you and received a promise to pay, or remit soon.
1923 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 72 60 The collecting bank theoretically should keep the proceeds separate from its own funds and remit immediately.
1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 5 Nov. If you intend to pay to avoid..legal action, it is necessary that you remit at once.
2004 J. H. Cohen Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico iv. 100 Once they have settled, migrants begin to send money home... Some migrants remit regularly..others remit infrequently.
13. † b. transitive. To defer the reception of (a person). Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To postpone, put off, defer. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]
forslowc888
eldc897
forsita940
gele971
lengOE
drilla1300
delayc1300
onfrestc1300
tarryc1320
jornc1330
dretchc1380
defer1382
forbida1387
to put offa1387
to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393
dilate1399
fordrawa1400
to put overc1410
latch?c1422
adjournc1425
prolongc1425
proloynec1425
rejournc1425
to put in respite1428
sleuthc1430
respitea1450
prorogue1453
refer1466
sleep1470
supersede1482
respectc1487
postpone1496
overseta1500
respett1500
enjourna1513
relong1523
retract1524
tarde1524
track1524
to fode forth1525
tract1527
protract1528
further1529
to make stay of1530
surcease1530
prorogate1534
to fay upon longc1540
linger1543
retard?1543
slake1544
procrastine1548
reprieve1548
remit1550
suspense1556
leave1559
shiftc1562
suspend1566
procrastinate1569
dally1574
post1577
to hold off1580
drift1584
loiter1589
postpose1598
to take one's (own) timea1602
flag1602
slug1605
elong1610
belay1613
demur1613
tardya1616
to hang up1623
frist1637
disjourn1642
future1642
off1642
waive1653
superannuate1655
perendinate1656
stave1664
detard1675
remora1686
to put back1718
withhold1726
protract1737
to keep over1847
to hold over1853
laten1860
to lay over1885
hold1891
back-burner1975
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. vi. f. Cxxxviv The earth quaked, by occasion wherof, the thyng was put of or remytted vntyll the nexte daye followyng.
1566 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1727) I. 45 That we suld remit the triall..to the tyme of a parliament.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 166 Willingly would hee have knowne then presently the story..but..he remitted it till after supper.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 62 Remitting setting of walls untill the next Spring after.
1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 25 The conspirators..remitted the execution of their design to the ides of March.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 511 We remitted all further discussion till he should send me a copy of his letter.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 101 We must for the present remit our reply to that part of our subject.
1855 G. H. Talbot French Transl. Self-taught (ed. 2) 106 Remit also till the morrow those feelings of like or dislike grounded but on mere caprice.
1894 Cent. Mag. July 432/1 If it's quite the same to you, my dear Marion, we'll remit the rest until breakfast-time to-morrow.
1989 Times 5 Oct. 5/7 The movers refused Mr Tierney's request to remit the motion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a person
tarry1340
deferc1384
delaya1425
prolongc1425
supersede1517
postpone1518
linger1534
belate1642
while off1646
remit1663
1663 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (new ed.) xliv. 175 I hold it fit to remit him unto some other time, when as he may be better acquainted.
a. transitive. To refer, assign, or transfer to a thing or person. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to as belonging or appropriate > attach an attribute to
remit1579
title1642
attach1743
1579 Protocol Bk. J. Inglis 3 Apr. The..resignatione maid be the said Elspett as said is,..remittis and be the tenour of this present admittis to the said Elspetht..the tane equhall half of the tak & rowme of Fynnaged.
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. vi. 78 That which Hierome speakes in the present tense..he would remit to the time past.
1720 D. Waterland Answer Whitby's Reply 58 You..object farther..that Christ would not suffer Himself to be called Good, but remitted that Title to the Father only.
1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic iv. §6. 89 He thinks that the doctrine of modals ought to be banished out of logic and remitted to grammar.
1837 G. Phillips Elem. Syriac Gram. 9 The vowel in such places is remitted to the preceding letter, if it has been previously without one.
1856 T. Bulfinch Age of Fable xxxiii. 382 The belt only, he took..and clasped around his own body. The rest he remitted to the friends of the slain.
b. transitive. To enter, insert, or compile in (also into) a book or other written work. Obsolete.
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society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [verb (transitive)] > insert leaves or pages
remit1583
interleave1668
interfoliate1888
to tip in1926
1583 Burgh Court Perth 19 Feb. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1990) VII. 278/1 And the samin depositioun and cautioun be..ressauit to remitt the samin in ane act of court togidder with the said commissioun.
?1670 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 204 This book he [sc. Thomas Blount] gave A. W. because he had, in his great reading, collected some old words for his use, which were remitted therein.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 219 Which Examinations..were..remitted by John Fox into his Book of Martyrs.
1808 W. Scott in J. Dryden Wks. XV. 379 John Taylor..was..a man who, having a prodigious genie to poetry, wrote eighty books, which not only made such sport at the time, but were thought worthy of being remitted into a large folio.
1853 Reg. Members Magdalen Coll., Oxf. I. 114 All these Poems are remitted into a Book.
Derivatives
reˈmitted adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > remitted
remitted1580
allowed1677
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [adjective] > void or cancelled (of sentence)
remitted1580
cassa1651
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > forgiven
pardoned1547
forgiven1548
remitted1580
unresented1681
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > sent back to inferior court
remitted1897
1580 R. Bristow Reply to Fulke ix. 258 He maye be clensed..from the temporall debte of his remitted mortall sinnes.
1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 65 Every Remitter that remits not directly, but designs to draw in the remitted Sum again [etc.].
a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 130 The happy symptons of remitted sin.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 2/1 But it is not merely in respect of these remitted actions that the County Courts have weighty and important functions.
1924 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 38 408 The remitted Bank notes and draft credits would not raise prices in London substantially higher than before.
1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 May a2 The remitted sentence of four strokes was carried out on Michael.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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