remarkn.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɑːk/, U.S.

/rəˈmɑrk/,

/riˈmɑrk/

Forms: 1600s remarck, 1600s remarque, 1600s–1700s remarke, 1600s– remark.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: remark v.¹

Etymology: < remark v.¹ Compare Middle French, French remarque act of observing or noticing (1575 or earlier), written notes expressing thoughts and comments (1647; < remarquer remark v.¹), Italian rimarco (1637; < French).Middle French, French remarque superseded Middle French remerche , remerque act of observing or noticing (c1505), criticism (1577; < remercher , remerchier , remerquer : see note at remark v.¹).

a. Observation, notice; (now esp.) comment (perhaps influenced by sense 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun]

marka1400

notea1400

notinga1427

markingc1443

viewc1450

noticec1487

observation1547

observancy1567

animadversion1573

observance1602

remark1614

remarking?1626

notification1659

observala1734

observe1830

1614 A. Champney Man. Controv. Ep. Reader ii^v The drift and motiue of this treatise, and..those few pointes which I haue thaught worthie of remark concerning the same.

1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 21 Pass not one circumstance without remark.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 123 The Arsenal, the College of the Jesuits..are worthy of Remarque.

1727 S. Switzer Pract. Gardiner i. v. 38 And it is worthy remark, that the waters [etc.].

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii*. 25 Those, whose accuracy of remark, and comprehensiveness of knowledge, made their suffrages worthy of regard.

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 205 The cause..may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd.

1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies lxxvii, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 39 Roots, like any bones of buried men, Push'd through the rotten sod for fear's remark.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. iv. 132 The grand discovery..originated in his casual remark of the disappearance of one of the images.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/3 Lord R. Churchill's latest escapade..is the theme of general remark.

1925 Glasgow Herald 18 June 9 The minister occupies a position in which the averageness of his ability is necessarily exposed to more general remark.

1987 E. E. Smith Miss Melville Returns (1988) xii. 101 The only thing worthy of remark was the skill with which they combined such seemingly disparate styles as neoexpressionism and minimalism with occasional sorties into pop art.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Oct. 27 William Empson..was a frequent visitor to the Berry household, where his unhygienic habits were the subject of remark.

†b. Observant expression; look. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lvii Of all the gentle tenants of the place, There was a man of special grave remark.

†2.

a. A mark or indication of a quality; a remaining trace of something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign

tokeningc888

fingereOE

senyeOE

markOE

showing?c1225

blossomc1230

signa1325

signifyingc1384

evidencea1393

notea1398

forbysena1400

kenninga1400

knowinga1400

showerc1400

unningc1400

signala1413

signification?a1425

demonstrancec1425

cenyc1440

likelinessc1450

ensign1474

signifure?a1475

outshowinga1500

significativea1500

witter1513

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intimation1531

signifier1532

meith1533

monument1536

indicion?1541

likelihood1541

significator1554

manifest1561

show1561

evidency1570

token-teller1574

betokener1587

calendar1590

instance1590

testificate1590

significant1598

crisis1606

index1607

impression1613

denotementa1616

story1620

remark1624

indicium1625

denotation1633

indice1636

signum1643

indiction1653

trace1656

demonstrator1657

indication1660

notationa1661

significatory1660

indicator1666

betrayer1678

demonstration1684

smell1691

wittering1781

notaa1790

blazonry1850

sign vehicle1909

marker1919

rumble1927

society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun]

signa1382

stepa1382

ficchingc1384

marka1400

tracesc1400

scentc1422

footstep?a1425

tidinga1440

relicc1475

smell?a1505

stead1513

vestigy1545

print1548

token1555

remnant1560

show1561

mention1564

signification1576

footing?1580

tract1583

remainder1585

vestige1602

wrack1602

engravement1604

footstepping1610

resent1610

ghost1613

impression1613

remark1624

footprint1625

studdle1635

vestigium1644

relict1646

perception1650

vestigiary1651

track1657

symptom1722

signacle1768

ray1773

vestigia1789

footmark1800

souvenir1844

latent1920

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 276 A more admirable remarke of Nuptiall Chastitie it was of the Wiues of the Theutonicks..whose husbands being slaine..all of them with an vnite consent strangled themselues.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 108 It was not possible almost to wish better or more remarks of Christian Devotion.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxv. 140 She..is not so freed of that Disease, but that she hath sometimes little Remarques of it.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 7 God himself hath pleased to give it as a remarque of his power that He causes it to rain on one City, and not on another.

1795 R. Manning Moral Entertainm. (new ed.) I. xxvii. 277 It is a great remark of a sincere repentance, when a sinner makes a plain and full confession of his sins.

1864 St. Andrews Gaz. 12 Mar. An elegant gold guard, as a remark of the high esteem in which he is held by them.

b. A sign, mark, indication of something notable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > of something notable

remark1659

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cv. 37) Paraphr. 523 At this time of their going out in this hast, there was not one sick or weak person among all the people of Israel,..(which strange remarke of Gods providence, though it be not exprest in the story, is yet intimated, Exod. xii. 41.)

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 1 Fate..brought him [sc. Cromwell] into the world without any terrible remark of his portentuous Life.

1676 I. Mather Hist. King Philip's War (1862) 64 This day deserves to have a Remark set upon it.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation lii. 520 That which gave a greater Remark to this favourable Providence of God to the Nation.

1728 Parent disinherited by his Off-spring 12 Penal evils..such as are the immediate and evident remarks of a Supream Being..and are the Expressions of his angry Scourge, and Lashes of his Iron Rod.

c. A marked physical feature. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > distinctive feature of

remark1660

feature1692

treat1721

handwriting1827

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [noun]

track1513

lineamenta1535

delineament1596

tract1606

miniature1630

remark1660

trait1773

signalment1779

feature1828

1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 20 So also some have been named from bodily remarks, as..Fairfax from their faire bush of haire.

c1661 Argyle's Last Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 29/2 Lest the Remarks of his Face should fright fanciful People like a Spectre.

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxxi. 189 If you desire a particular remarque whereby to know which of the parts are most apt to consume first..I'le resolve you: A Consumption is no where so visible as at the fingers ends, whose flesh commonly shrinks before any other part of the body.

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 84 Should I silently pass by and imprint no Remarks on their Silty Sands, and Silver Streams.

d. A remarkable object. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice

notabilityc1390

notables1484

bumming sound1598

grandee1622

observable1639

remarkable1639

observanda1663

remark1675

observation1736

crowning glory1780

attentiona1806

notabilia1849

day1918

one for the (end) books (also book)1922

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Introd. 1 The more obvious and considerable Remarques of a City.

1678 (title) England's Remarques, giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales.

†3.

a. An act of observing or noticing; an observation. Also with of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] > instance of

quotation1592

notice1620

remark1628

1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. lxxiv. 196 The worke of obseruation in it selfe, is a good degree of wisedome, but the right vse of it is greater wisedome. If wee shall euer communicat all our remarkes to men, wee could not haue peace in the world.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxiii. 220 Therefore, to satisfy our selues herein it were well we made our remarkes in some creatures that might be continually in our power to obserue in them the course of nature euery day and houre.

1676 N. Grew Exper. Luctation iii. §56 If a diligent remarque be made of all those various Colours, Smells, [etc.].

1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 448^v The principal Remarks of this illustrious Planet, made by the Ancients, were these following.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 50. ¶8 As for the Women of the Country, not being able to talk with them, we could only make our Remarks upon them at a Distance.

1779 S. Johnson Butler in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. Butler 27 He had watched with great diligence the operations of human nature... From such remarks proceeded [etc.].

1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 41 I had a store of such remarks, be sure, Which, after I found leisure, turned to use.

b. A record of an observation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes

remembrancec1380

scrow1426

memoranda1450

memorialc1450

memorandumc1490

memoir1494

ticket1528

note1548

pamphil1571

notation1587

ricordo1617

notandum1645

bulletin1651

memo1705

remark1788

mem.1813

1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands xii. 271 He took a piece of line, which he had brought with him for the purpose of making remarks, and tied a knot thereon, as a remembrance of the circumstance.

1789 Hist. Prince Lee Boo 94 It is the custom of the people in the Pelew Islands to make remarks by tying knots in a line.

4. A verbal or written observation; a comment; a brief expression of opinion or criticism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > commenting or mentioning > comment or remark

speechc1305

mindc1350

touchc1400

to make reporturec1475

observation1564

wipe1596

remark1629

propos1816

comment1850

by-the-way1896

trailer1941

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note

comment1509

annotation1528

note1532

scholium1535

scholy1535

adversaria1571

commentation1579

scholion1579

notation1587

paraphrase1615

remark1629

notelet1834

adscript1889

1629 F. Malthus tr. Treat. Artific. Fire-works (end matter) (advt.) Donkin's Military Collections and Remarks.

1662 J. Howell (title) A New English Grammar..With som special remarks upon the Portugues Dialect,..For the service of Her Majesty.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 4 That we may better understand the pertinency of this Remarque.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 123 This is what I intend; only I have one Remarque to make upon the two other Heads before I proceed to treat of this.

1701 Ballad Pref. Whosoever the two Authors are, the scurrilous pieces of Scandal that comes from 'em,..I could not but think my self oblig'd to send some Remarks of mine to keep 'em Company.

1716 (title) Weekly remarks and reflections upon the most material news, foreign and domestic.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind Pref. p.xi My health is insufficient..to increase and amplify these remarks.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 50 Which drew from him a remark, that the style of this apartment was not strictly Gothic.

1820 B. Silliman Remarks Tour Hartford & Quebec 71 The numerous manuscript remarks and annotations on the blank leaves and margins of the books.

1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius iv He could not bear to hear Mr. Barker's chaffing remarks.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William iii. 59 William acknowledged the compliment by a scowl and a mysterious muttered remark to the effect that some people were always at him.

1955 G. McClintic Me & Kit xiv. 213 Kit had survived that first day of facetious remarks at rehearsal.

2001 A. Dangor Bitter Fruit (2004) v. 61 He was slightly drunk, and she let his remark pass, even though it burned in her.

Phrases

of (great, little, etc.) remark: worthy of (much, little, etc.) notice or comment. Now literary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice

notablenessc1450

particularity1570

conspicuity1601

of remarka1618

remarkableness1623

conspicuousness1661

noise1670

figure1692

observableness1727

remarkability1838

a1618 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1171 Heer lies a Margarite..of remark for birth.

1622 J. Reynolds tr. E. de Refuge Treat. Court ii. xxxiv. 162 If they performe any action of remarke or fame, they should still giue the honour thereof to the Prince their Master.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 201 To prepare a charge against the Archbishop of Canterbury, as one of prime remarque in forming of these Canons.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 410 Some Relations make mention of the Naiques of Madure..but give us little of Remarque with Certainty.

1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant lxiv. 237 In which there were three Women, but of no great remark.

1709 A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire xxxiv. 249 The gradual advances which, with curious notice of the most minute, or great remark, then led us leisurely thro' every part of that stupendious Fabrick.

a1765 F. Blomefield & C. Parkin Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk (1769) III. 81 Depe-Ford..tho' now of no great Remark, in early Days was otherwise.

1865 Atlantic Monthly May 557/1 Such virtue was matter of common occurrence and of little remark at Hofwyl.

a1900 E. C. Dowson Poet. Wks. (1934) ii. 221 Doubtless you know that lecher of remark Was always amorous of Joan of Arc.

2001 M. Moran & W. F.Holder SAT II Success Writing (2002) 347/2 While traveling to London from Paris, John encountered a person of some remark.

2005 K. M. Burkholder in R. Netherton & G. R. Owen-Crocker Medieval Clothing & Textiles (2006) I. ix. 152 It would have been a matter of great remark for a mere cord-maker to wear cloth of gold.

Compounds

remark book n. a record of observations, formerly especially those made during a voyage.

ΚΠ

1805 R. F. Roberts (title) in Mariner's Mirror (1922) 8 302 Remark book.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 568 Remark-Book. This contains hydrographical observations of every port visited, and is sent annually to the admiralty.

1927 Times 6 May 19/6 Their remark-books and periodical returns also contained valuable information.

2004 A. S. Cook in W. Glover Charting Northern Waters iii. 51 Naval officers were under instructions to keep remark books, take views, and make plans.

Derivatives

reˈmark-worthy adj. [perhaps after French digne de remarque (1575 or earlier in Middle French); compare markworthy adj.] worthy of notice or comment.

ΚΠ

1734 J. Breval Hist. House of Nassau 96 A short Interview, during which it is remark-worthy, that the Elector insisted upon giving the Prince the Pas, as well in his own Coach, and on all other Occasions.

a1796 R. Burns Reliques (1808) 259 It is remark-worthy that the song of ‘Hooly and Fairly’, in all the old editions of it, is called ‘The Drunken Wife o' Galloway’, which localizes it to that country.

1834 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters 19 It is remark-worthy that the most natural and impassioned songs in..our literature were written by a ploughman-lad.

1936 V. Sackville-West St. Joan of Arc (1938) xviii. 353 In this, she differs in a remark-worthy manner from her fellow-saints.

2001 M. E. Marty in S. C. Saha & T. K. Carr Relig. Fundamentalism ix. 201 The descripts, differentias, and phenomena that we found remarkable and remark-worthy generally matched what had come to be called fundamentalism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

remarkn.²

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɑːk/, U.S.

/rəˈmɑrk/,

/riˈmɑrk/

Forms: 1800s re-mark, 1800s– remark.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: remarque n.

Etymology: Alteration of remarque n., after mark n.¹

Engraving (now rare).

= remarque n. Usually attributive, in remark proof. Cf. remarked proof at remarked adj.²

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > proof or state > distinguishing mark or marginal sketch

remarque1852

remark1859

1859 Times 27 May 1/4 (advt.) Remark proofs, £10 10s.

1881 Athenæum 15 Jan. 100 A new etched plate by Mr. Samuel Palmer, of which a re-mark proof is before us... The re-marks on our impression are [etc.].

1888 Publishers' Weekly 19 May 776/2 The Remark is a special sketch or emblem engraved, at the engraver's fancy, upon the margin of the plate.

1938 Times 8 Mar. 1/6 (advt.) For sale, 39 engravings by Toschi..34 remark proofs and 5 before letters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

remarkv.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɑːk/, U.S.

/rəˈmɑrk/,

/riˈmɑrk/

Forms: 1500s–1600s remarke, 1500s (Scottish)–1600s remarque, 1500s– remark, 1600s remarck.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French remarquer.

Etymology: < Middle French, French remarquer to observe, take notice of (something), to direct one's attention to (a thing) (1549), to distinguish (a person) from other people (1585), to make a remark or comment (a1662) < re- re- prefix + marquer mark v. Compare Italian rimarcare (1630; < French). Compare later remark n.¹Middle French, French remarquer superseded Middle French remarcher , remercher , remerchier , remerquer to take notice of (the hiding place of a partridge) (1376), to observe (something) attentively (1465; < re- re- prefix + marcher , mercher , merchier , merquer mark v.).

1. To observe, take notice of, perceive.

a. transitive. With simple object.The use in quot. ?a1591 is defined by Dict. Older Sc. Tongue as ‘to mark again; to correct a written error’, i.e. re-mark v.²; however, there seems to be no exactly appropriate sense of mark v. on which the use might be based, and it makes good sense for King James to say that his affairs do not permit him even to notice (or possibly, to indicate, sense 2a) the errors, let alone to correct them.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)]

markc1175

note?c1225

heedc1275

apperceivec1300

spyc1380

notec1390

notac1392

registera1393

considerc1400

notifya1425

animadvert?a1475

mind1490

adnote1558

observe1560

quote1560

remark1581

to take note1600

apprehenda1634

to take cognizance of1635

animadverse1642

notice1660

to pass in review1697

smoke1716

cognize1821

spot1848

looky1900

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. xv. 50 Gif ane natione vald eik, or pair onie thing, that vald be incontinent remarkit, and reprouit.

1590 J. Eliot tr. J. de L'Espine Sicke-mans Comfort i. 104 Hauing seene Salomon and heard his great wisedome.., hauing moreouer considered and remarked the order and pomp of his Court.

?a1591 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 99 My affaires..uill not permitt me farr lesse to amende my auin errouris no not to remarke [1591 re-mark] the urang ortographie comittid be the coppiaris of my unlegibill..hande uritt.

c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 153 A new prence is in all his actions and operations mair remarqued and observed then he quho is a prence by heritage.

1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 35 A Passage in the accurate Pausanias, which I could not but Remarque when I read it.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto v Has not your highness remarked it?

1792 C. Smith Desmond III. 156 I remark him every day pass by the windows of the house.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxi. 198 The looks of gloom and despair which even Mr. Morgan had remarked.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 120 In the Laws, we remark a change in the place assigned by him to pleasure and pain.

1911 A. E. W. Mason in Scribner's Mag. Nov. 563/2 She was afraid lest they should remark the alteration in her looks, and set herself to counterfeit an air of gaiety.

1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 609/3 The self-complacency which he had previously remarked in Hinayana bhikshus.

2004 T. Khair Bus Stopped 68 That was the first thing I remarked about her, because of the way she haggled with the tea-boy through the railings of the bus window.

b. transitive. With clause as object. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1601 R. Johnson Ess. vii. f. 21 Speciallie regard the dispositions of the agentes, and diligentlie remarke how they are affected in minde.

1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. F5 At last he did remarke, That neither bush, nor grasse, burnt had this fire.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 852 It is especially remarked, that though the muscles of the Os hyoides, or Tongue-bone, the Tongue, the Larynx, and Pharynx, which especially serve for the Articulation of the Voice, be in Apes altogether like to those of a Man..yet is the Ape deprived of Speech.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 91 Remarking, what this mighty Genius and Judg of Art, declares concerning Tragedy.

1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Hypochondriack ii. vi, in Wks. X. 268 The Naturalists remark that the Flower named the Heliotrope, turns, without ceasing, towards that Star of Day.

1768 G. White Let. 28 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 60 I shall be very curious to remark whether they will call on us at their return in the spring.

1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xx. 329 I remarked that it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman.

1893 N.Y. Suppl. 20 613 I did not remark whether there was any stone or guard rail or anchor at the top of the dump to prevent wagons from falling off.

1918 C. Whitman tr. A. Blest Gana Martin Rivas xxxi. 199 I don't know—I was so upset that I did not remark what was passing.

1982 R. N. Umeasiegbu Words are Sweet 50 You see these plates... I want you to remark where I've left them. I shall send you to collect them later on.

†2.

a. transitive. To point out, indicate; to make a comment on. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)]

teacha900

showa1225

brevea1377

ensign1477

point1477

note1521

demonstrate1534

appointa1547

to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574

remark1592

outpoint1595

finger1619

clewa1625

notice1627

denote1632

indicate1651

to index outa1796

1592 J. Eliot Survay France Pref. sig. A4^v The poete hath remarked the principall thinges whereof great trafficke is made into forraine and neighbour nations from France.

c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 101 Prais him o man, his mervels that remarks.

1613 Golden Meane 10 There is as great and exquisite choise to be made, aswel how as wherein the excellency of such a composition must be remarked.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xviii. §5 This effect of power does also remark the Divine wisdom, who hath ordained such symboles.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 11 They yet remark the Rock Moses miraculously drew water out of.

1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 58 [She] remarked to me a very handsome Man, who had his Eyes continually upon us.

1742 H. Fielding & W. Young in tr. Aristophanes Plutus iii. iii. (note) This is literal from the Greek, and the beauty of it need not be remarked.

1787 J. Pinkerton Diss. Scythians i. iv. 69 (note) Diodorus Siculus remarks the cloudy speech, and intellect, synecdochic phrase, and hyperbolic pride, of the old Celts.

b. transitive. To mark out, distinguish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > identify or distinguish [verb (transitive)]

to take knowledge ofa1400

character1555

distinguish1600

characterizea1602

remark1633

identify1675

stamp1837

dispunct1842

keynote1877

finger1945

1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore ii. sig. D4 ^v Thou art a man remark't to tast a mischiefe.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. Ep. Ded. Those blessings and separations with which God hath remarked your family and person.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1309 His manacles remark him, there he sits.

a. transitive. With clause as object: to say, write down, or record as an observation or comment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > remark or observe

speakc888

observe1605

observe1616

remark1666

the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > as an observation or comment

remark1666

1666 Minute 25 July in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 106 The lord Brereton remarked, that plum-wine tasted like a kind of Languedoc wine.

1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iii. ix. 275 It is easie to observe, what has been before remarked, [etc.].

1719 D. Waterland Vind. Christ's Div. ii, in Wks. (1823) II. 33 I shall only remark, that when this text is away [etc.].

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. x. 61 He then remarked that all those Things were over now, all past, and just as if they had never been.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 163 The writer well remarks, an heart that knows To take with gratitude..is all in all.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. ii. 87 ‘Oh, my Lord!’ carelessly remarked Vivian, ‘I thought it was a mere on dit!’

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xi. i. 200 As I have had occasion before to remark, Sphinx and Enigma are nouns feminine.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 12 The modern philosopher would remark that the indefinite is equally real with the definite.

1919 Outing Mar. 311/1 As an illustration of how regular living has done its part in maintaining the veteran on his championship throne, we might remark casually that Frank rode the fastest mile of his entire career in 1914, when he covered the distance in 1:59 from a standing start.

1953 L. Gurko Heroes, Highbrows, & Pop. Mind i. iv. 72 ‘In his later years,’ remarked V. L. Parrington in Main Currents in American Thought, ‘an impassable gulf opened between Mark Twain and his generation.’

2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 June 44 The Kaiser once remarked acidly that the King [sc. Edward VII] was unavailable because he was out yachting with his grocer.

b. intransitive. To make a remark on (also occasionally about) something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > comment on

note1607

observe1613

commenta1616

observea1616

remark1676

commentate1861

to pass a remark1899

1676 J. Glanvill Ess. ii. 52 But I shall not trouble my self to remarque on Matters, with which my Discourse hath nothing to do.

1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 113 Let us just remark on the reversing the Use of the Table.

1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 339 My simile..brings me to remark on the landscape, or rather the prison-scape around me.

1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i. 16 Remarking on the fine promise of fruit.

1861 C. J. Lever One of Them xviii Remarking on a little tinted sketch at the top of the letter.

1900 Daily News 22 Feb. 7/4 The magistrate remarked on the undesirability of permitting colour dusting to be carried on in the printing shop.

1937 E. Pyle in Washington (D.C.) Daily News 22 May 86 My Dad kept remarking about the ‘broken’ country, and how pretty it was.

1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxii. 212 Some of the fellow crims remarked on it in filthy language.

1992 Independent 16 Mar. 19/1 Nuns, female students, women prisoners, sisters, and mothers and daughters have often remarked about the unusual menstrual synchrony that seems to develop within their communities.

2004 T. Mackintosh-Smith in Slightly Foxed Winter 8 On occasion there had been a shadow where none should have been, and more than one guest had remarked on a ‘presence’ in the south-west bedroom.

†c. intransitive. Without preposition: to make remarks. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1845 J. Ruskin Let. 17 June in H. I. Shapiro Ruskin in Italy (1972) 118 Perhaps..it is an English cheesemonger & his wife, who come in, and remark, as happened to me the other day while I was looking at the gates of Ghiberti.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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also refers to : re-markn.³

also refers to : re-markv.²

n.¹1614

n.²1859

v.¹1581

单词	remark
释义	remarkn.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈmɑːk/, U.S. /rəˈmɑrk/, /riˈmɑrk/ Forms: 1600s remarck, 1600s remarque, 1600s–1700s remarke, 1600s– remark. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: remark v.¹ Etymology: < remark v.¹ Compare Middle French, French remarque act of observing or noticing (1575 or earlier), written notes expressing thoughts and comments (1647; < remarquer remark v.¹), Italian rimarco (1637; < French).Middle French, French remarque superseded Middle French remerche , remerque act of observing or noticing (c1505), criticism (1577; < remercher , remerchier , remerquer : see note at remark v.¹). 1. a. Observation, notice; (now esp.) comment (perhaps influenced by sense 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] marka1400 notea1400 notinga1427 markingc1443 viewc1450 noticec1487 observation1547 observancy1567 animadversion1573 observance1602 remark1614 remarking?1626 notification1659 observala1734 observe1830 1614 A. Champney Man. Controv. Ep. Reader ii^v The drift and motiue of this treatise, and..those few pointes which I haue thaught worthie of remark concerning the same. 1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 21 Pass not one circumstance without remark. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 123 The Arsenal, the College of the Jesuits..are worthy of Remarque. 1727 S. Switzer Pract. Gardiner i. v. 38 And it is worthy remark, that the waters [etc.]. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii. 25 Those, whose accuracy of remark, and comprehensiveness of knowledge, made their suffrages worthy of regard. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk* 205 The cause..may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd. 1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies lxxvii, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 39 Roots, like any bones of buried men, Push'd through the rotten sod for fear's remark. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. iv. 132 The grand discovery..originated in his casual remark of the disappearance of one of the images. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/3 Lord R. Churchill's latest escapade..is the theme of general remark. 1925 Glasgow Herald 18 June 9 The minister occupies a position in which the averageness of his ability is necessarily exposed to more general remark. 1987 E. E. Smith Miss Melville Returns (1988) xii. 101 The only thing worthy of remark was the skill with which they combined such seemingly disparate styles as neoexpressionism and minimalism with occasional sorties into pop art. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Oct. 27 William Empson..was a frequent visitor to the Berry household, where his unhygienic habits were the subject of remark. †b. Observant expression; look. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lvii Of all the gentle tenants of the place, There was a man of special grave remark. †2. a. A mark or indication of a quality; a remaining trace of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] signa1382 stepa1382 ficchingc1384 marka1400 tracesc1400 scentc1422 footstep?a1425 tidinga1440 relicc1475 smell?a1505 stead1513 vestigy1545 print1548 token1555 remnant1560 show1561 mention1564 signification1576 footing?1580 tract1583 remainder1585 vestige1602 wrack1602 engravement1604 footstepping1610 resent1610 ghost1613 impression1613 remark1624 footprint1625 studdle1635 vestigium1644 relict1646 perception1650 vestigiary1651 track1657 symptom1722 signacle1768 ray1773 vestigia1789 footmark1800 souvenir1844 latent1920 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 276 A more admirable remarke of Nuptiall Chastitie it was of the Wiues of the Theutonicks..whose husbands being slaine..all of them with an vnite consent strangled themselues. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 108 It was not possible almost to wish better or more remarks of Christian Devotion. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxv. 140 She..is not so freed of that Disease, but that she hath sometimes little Remarques of it. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 7 God himself hath pleased to give it as a remarque of his power that He causes it to rain on one City, and not on another. 1795 R. Manning Moral Entertainm. (new ed.) I. xxvii. 277 It is a great remark of a sincere repentance, when a sinner makes a plain and full confession of his sins. 1864 St. Andrews Gaz. 12 Mar. An elegant gold guard, as a remark of the high esteem in which he is held by them. b. A sign, mark, indication of something notable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > of something notable remark1659 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cv. 37) Paraphr. 523 At this time of their going out in this hast, there was not one sick or weak person among all the people of Israel,..(which strange remarke of Gods providence, though it be not exprest in the story, is yet intimated, Exod. xii. 41.) 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 1 Fate..brought him [sc. Cromwell] into the world without any terrible remark of his portentuous Life. 1676 I. Mather Hist. King Philip's War (1862) 64 This day deserves to have a Remark set upon it. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation lii. 520 That which gave a greater Remark to this favourable Providence of God to the Nation. 1728 Parent disinherited by his Off-spring 12 Penal evils..such as are the immediate and evident remarks of a Supream Being..and are the Expressions of his angry Scourge, and Lashes of his Iron Rod. c. A marked physical feature. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > distinctive feature of remark1660 feature1692 treat1721 handwriting1827 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [noun] track1513 lineamenta1535 delineament1596 tract1606 miniature1630 remark1660 trait1773 signalment1779 feature1828 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 20 So also some have been named from bodily remarks, as..Fairfax from their faire bush of haire. c1661 Argyle's Last Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 29/2 Lest the Remarks of his Face should fright fanciful People like a Spectre. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxxi. 189 If you desire a particular remarque whereby to know which of the parts are most apt to consume first..I'le resolve you: A Consumption is no where so visible as at the fingers ends, whose flesh commonly shrinks before any other part of the body. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 84 Should I silently pass by and imprint no Remarks on their Silty Sands, and Silver Streams. d. A remarkable object. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice notabilityc1390 notables1484 bumming sound1598 grandee1622 observable1639 remarkable1639 observanda1663 remark1675 observation1736 crowning glory1780 attentiona1806 notabilia1849 day1918 one for the (end) books (also book)1922 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Introd. 1 The more obvious and considerable Remarques of a City. 1678 (title) England's Remarques, giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. †3. a. An act of observing or noticing; an observation. Also with of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] > instance of quotation1592 notice1620 remark1628 1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. lxxiv. 196 The worke of obseruation in it selfe, is a good degree of wisedome, but the right vse of it is greater wisedome. If wee shall euer communicat all our remarkes to men, wee could not haue peace in the world. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxiii. 220 Therefore, to satisfy our selues herein it were well we made our remarkes in some creatures that might be continually in our power to obserue in them the course of nature euery day and houre. 1676 N. Grew Exper. Luctation iii. §56 If a diligent remarque be made of all those various Colours, Smells, [etc.]. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 448^v The principal Remarks of this illustrious Planet, made by the Ancients, were these following. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 50. ¶8 As for the Women of the Country, not being able to talk with them, we could only make our Remarks upon them at a Distance. 1779 S. Johnson Butler in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. Butler 27 He had watched with great diligence the operations of human nature... From such remarks proceeded [etc.]. 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 41 I had a store of such remarks, be sure, Which, after I found leisure, turned to use. b. A record of an observation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes remembrancec1380 scrow1426 memoranda1450 memorialc1450 memorandumc1490 memoir1494 ticket1528 note1548 pamphil1571 notation1587 ricordo1617 notandum1645 bulletin1651 memo1705 remark1788 mem.1813 1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands xii. 271 He took a piece of line, which he had brought with him for the purpose of making remarks, and tied a knot thereon, as a remembrance of the circumstance. 1789 Hist. Prince Lee Boo 94 It is the custom of the people in the Pelew Islands to make remarks by tying knots in a line. 4. A verbal or written observation; a comment; a brief expression of opinion or criticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > commenting or mentioning > comment or remark speechc1305 mindc1350 touchc1400 to make reporturec1475 observation1564 wipe1596 remark1629 propos1816 comment1850 by-the-way1896 trailer1941 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note comment1509 annotation1528 note1532 scholium1535 scholy1535 adversaria1571 commentation1579 scholion1579 notation1587 paraphrase1615 remark1629 notelet1834 adscript1889 1629 F. Malthus tr. Treat. Artific. Fire-works (end matter) (advt.) Donkin's Military Collections and Remarks. 1662 J. Howell (title) A New English Grammar..With som special remarks upon the Portugues Dialect,..For the service of Her Majesty. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 4 That we may better understand the pertinency of this Remarque. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 123 This is what I intend; only I have one Remarque to make upon the two other Heads before I proceed to treat of this. 1701 Ballad Pref. Whosoever the two Authors are, the scurrilous pieces of Scandal that comes from 'em,..I could not but think my self oblig'd to send some Remarks of mine to keep 'em Company. 1716 (title) Weekly remarks and reflections upon the most material news, foreign and domestic. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind Pref. p.xi My health is insufficient..to increase and amplify these remarks. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 50 Which drew from him a remark, that the style of this apartment was not strictly Gothic. 1820 B. Silliman Remarks Tour Hartford & Quebec 71 The numerous manuscript remarks and annotations on the blank leaves and margins of the books. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius iv He could not bear to hear Mr. Barker's chaffing remarks. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William iii. 59 William acknowledged the compliment by a scowl and a mysterious muttered remark to the effect that some people were always at him. 1955 G. McClintic Me & Kit xiv. 213 Kit had survived that first day of facetious remarks at rehearsal. 2001 A. Dangor Bitter Fruit (2004) v. 61 He was slightly drunk, and she let his remark pass, even though it burned in her. Phrases of (great, little, etc.) remark: worthy of (much, little, etc.) notice or comment. Now literary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice notablenessc1450 particularity1570 conspicuity1601 of remarka1618 remarkableness1623 conspicuousness1661 noise1670 figure1692 observableness1727 remarkability1838 a1618 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1171 Heer lies a Margarite..of remark for birth. 1622 J. Reynolds tr. E. de Refuge Treat. Court ii. xxxiv. 162 If they performe any action of remarke or fame, they should still giue the honour thereof to the Prince their Master. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 201 To prepare a charge against the Archbishop of Canterbury, as one of prime remarque in forming of these Canons. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 410 Some Relations make mention of the Naiques of Madure..but give us little of Remarque with Certainty. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant lxiv. 237 In which there were three Women, but of no great remark. 1709 A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire xxxiv. 249 The gradual advances which, with curious notice of the most minute, or great remark, then led us leisurely thro' every part of that stupendious Fabrick. a1765 F. Blomefield & C. Parkin Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk (1769) III. 81 Depe-Ford..tho' now of no great Remark, in early Days was otherwise. 1865 Atlantic Monthly May 557/1 Such virtue was matter of common occurrence and of little remark at Hofwyl. a1900 E. C. Dowson Poet. Wks. (1934) ii. 221 Doubtless you know that lecher of remark Was always amorous of Joan of Arc. 2001 M. Moran & W. F.Holder SAT II Success Writing (2002) 347/2 While traveling to London from Paris, John encountered a person of some remark. 2005 K. M. Burkholder in R. Netherton & G. R. Owen-Crocker Medieval Clothing & Textiles (2006) I. ix. 152 It would have been a matter of great remark for a mere cord-maker to wear cloth of gold. Compounds remark book n. a record of observations, formerly especially those made during a voyage. ΚΠ 1805 R. F. Roberts (title) in Mariner's Mirror (1922) 8 302 Remark book. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 568 Remark-Book. This contains hydrographical observations of every port visited, and is sent annually to the admiralty. 1927 Times 6 May 19/6 Their remark-books and periodical returns also contained valuable information. 2004 A. S. Cook in W. Glover Charting Northern Waters iii. 51 Naval officers were under instructions to keep remark books, take views, and make plans. Derivatives reˈmark-worthy adj. [perhaps after French digne de remarque (1575 or earlier in Middle French); compare markworthy adj.] worthy of notice or comment. ΚΠ 1734 J. Breval Hist. House of Nassau 96 A short Interview, during which it is remark-worthy, that the Elector insisted upon giving the Prince the Pas, as well in his own Coach, and on all other Occasions. a1796 R. Burns Reliques (1808) 259 It is remark-worthy that the song of ‘Hooly and Fairly’, in all the old editions of it, is called ‘The Drunken Wife o' Galloway’, which localizes it to that country. 1834 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters 19 It is remark-worthy that the most natural and impassioned songs in..our literature were written by a ploughman-lad. 1936 V. Sackville-West St. Joan of Arc (1938) xviii. 353 In this, she differs in a remark-worthy manner from her fellow-saints. 2001 M. E. Marty in S. C. Saha & T. K. Carr Relig. Fundamentalism ix. 201 The descripts, differentias, and phenomena that we found remarkable and remark-worthy generally matched what had come to be called fundamentalism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). remarkn.² Brit. /rᵻˈmɑːk/, U.S. /rəˈmɑrk/, /riˈmɑrk/ Forms: 1800s re-mark, 1800s– remark. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: remarque n. Etymology: Alteration of remarque n., after mark n.¹ Engraving (now rare). = remarque n. Usually attributive, in remark proof. Cf. remarked proof at remarked adj.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > proof or state > distinguishing mark or marginal sketch remarque1852 remark1859 1859 Times 27 May 1/4 (advt.) Remark proofs, £10 10s. 1881 Athenæum 15 Jan. 100 A new etched plate by Mr. Samuel Palmer, of which a re-mark proof is before us... The re-marks on our impression are [etc.]. 1888 Publishers' Weekly 19 May 776/2 The Remark is a special sketch or emblem engraved, at the engraver's fancy, upon the margin of the plate. 1938 Times 8 Mar. 1/6 (advt.) For sale, 39 engravings by Toschi..34 remark proofs and 5 before letters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). remarkv.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈmɑːk/, U.S. /rəˈmɑrk/, /riˈmɑrk/ Forms: 1500s–1600s remarke, 1500s (Scottish)–1600s remarque, 1500s– remark, 1600s remarck. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French remarquer. Etymology: < Middle French, French remarquer to observe, take notice of (something), to direct one's attention to (a thing) (1549), to distinguish (a person) from other people (1585), to make a remark or comment (a1662) < re- re- prefix + marquer mark v. Compare Italian rimarcare (1630; < French). Compare later remark n.¹Middle French, French remarquer superseded Middle French remarcher , remercher , remerchier , remerquer to take notice of (the hiding place of a partridge) (1376), to observe (something) attentively (1465; < re- re- prefix + marcher , mercher , merchier , merquer mark v.). 1. To observe, take notice of, perceive. a. transitive. With simple object.The use in quot. ?a1591 is defined by Dict. Older Sc. Tongue as ‘to mark again; to correct a written error’, i.e. re-mark v.²; however, there seems to be no exactly appropriate sense of mark v. on which the use might be based, and it makes good sense for King James to say that his affairs do not permit him even to notice (or possibly, to indicate, sense 2a) the errors, let alone to correct them. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] markc1175 note?c1225 heedc1275 apperceivec1300 spyc1380 notec1390 notac1392 registera1393 considerc1400 notifya1425 animadvert?a1475 mind1490 adnote1558 observe1560 quote1560 remark1581 to take note1600 apprehenda1634 to take cognizance of1635 animadverse1642 notice1660 to pass in review1697 smoke1716 cognize1821 spot1848 looky1900 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. xv. 50 Gif ane natione vald eik, or pair onie thing, that vald be incontinent remarkit, and reprouit. 1590 J. Eliot tr. J. de L'Espine Sicke-mans Comfort i. 104 Hauing seene Salomon and heard his great wisedome.., hauing moreouer considered and remarked the order and pomp of his Court. ?a1591 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 99 My affaires..uill not permitt me farr lesse to amende my auin errouris no not to remarke [1591 re-mark] the urang ortographie comittid be the coppiaris of my unlegibill..hande uritt. c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 153 A new prence is in all his actions and operations mair remarqued and observed then he quho is a prence by heritage. 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 35 A Passage in the accurate Pausanias, which I could not but Remarque when I read it. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto v Has not your highness remarked it? 1792 C. Smith Desmond III. 156 I remark him every day pass by the windows of the house. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxi. 198 The looks of gloom and despair which even Mr. Morgan had remarked. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 120 In the Laws, we remark a change in the place assigned by him to pleasure and pain. 1911 A. E. W. Mason in Scribner's Mag. Nov. 563/2 She was afraid lest they should remark the alteration in her looks, and set herself to counterfeit an air of gaiety. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 609/3 The self-complacency which he had previously remarked in Hinayana bhikshus. 2004 T. Khair Bus Stopped 68 That was the first thing I remarked about her, because of the way she haggled with the tea-boy through the railings of the bus window. b. transitive. With clause as object. Now rare. ΚΠ 1601 R. Johnson Ess. vii. f. 21 Speciallie regard the dispositions of the agentes, and diligentlie remarke how they are affected in minde. 1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. F5 At last he did remarke, That neither bush, nor grasse, burnt had this fire. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 852 It is especially remarked, that though the muscles of the Os hyoides, or Tongue-bone, the Tongue, the Larynx, and Pharynx, which especially serve for the Articulation of the Voice, be in Apes altogether like to those of a Man..yet is the Ape deprived of Speech. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 91 Remarking, what this mighty Genius and Judg of Art, declares concerning Tragedy. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Hypochondriack ii. vi, in Wks. X. 268 The Naturalists remark that the Flower named the Heliotrope, turns, without ceasing, towards that Star of Day. 1768 G. White Let. 28 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 60 I shall be very curious to remark whether they will call on us at their return in the spring. 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xx. 329 I remarked that it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman. 1893 N.Y. Suppl. 20 613 I did not remark whether there was any stone or guard rail or anchor at the top of the dump to prevent wagons from falling off. 1918 C. Whitman tr. A. Blest Gana Martin Rivas xxxi. 199 I don't know—I was so upset that I did not remark what was passing. 1982 R. N. Umeasiegbu Words are Sweet 50 You see these plates... I want you to remark where I've left them. I shall send you to collect them later on. †2. a. transitive. To point out, indicate; to make a comment on. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)] teacha900 showa1225 brevea1377 ensign1477 point1477 note1521 demonstrate1534 appointa1547 to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574 remark1592 outpoint1595 finger1619 clewa1625 notice1627 denote1632 indicate1651 to index outa1796 1592 J. Eliot Survay France Pref. sig. A4^v The poete hath remarked the principall thinges whereof great trafficke is made into forraine and neighbour nations from France. c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 101 Prais him o man, his mervels that remarks. 1613 Golden Meane 10 There is as great and exquisite choise to be made, aswel how as wherein the excellency of such a composition must be remarked. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xviii. §5 This effect of power does also remark the Divine wisdom, who hath ordained such symboles. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 11 They yet remark the Rock Moses miraculously drew water out of. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 58 [She] remarked to me a very handsome Man, who had his Eyes continually upon us. 1742 H. Fielding & W. Young in tr. Aristophanes Plutus iii. iii. (note) This is literal from the Greek, and the beauty of it need not be remarked. 1787 J. Pinkerton Diss. Scythians i. iv. 69 (note) Diodorus Siculus remarks the cloudy speech, and intellect, synecdochic phrase, and hyperbolic pride, of the old Celts. b. transitive. To mark out, distinguish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > identify or distinguish [verb (transitive)] to take knowledge ofa1400 character1555 distinguish1600 characterizea1602 remark1633 identify1675 stamp1837 dispunct1842 keynote1877 finger1945 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore ii. sig. D4 ^v Thou art a man remark't to tast a mischiefe. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. Ep. Ded. Those blessings and separations with which God hath remarked your family and person. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1309 His manacles remark him, there he sits. View more context for this quotation 3. a. transitive. With clause as object: to say, write down, or record as an observation or comment. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > remark or observe speakc888 observe1605 observe1616 remark1666 the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > as an observation or comment remark1666 1666 Minute 25 July in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 106 The lord Brereton remarked, that plum-wine tasted like a kind of Languedoc wine. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iii. ix. 275 It is easie to observe, what has been before remarked, [etc.]. 1719 D. Waterland Vind. Christ's Div. ii, in Wks. (1823) II. 33 I shall only remark, that when this text is away [etc.]. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. x. 61 He then remarked that all those Things were over now, all past, and just as if they had never been. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 163 The writer well remarks, an heart that knows To take with gratitude..is all in all. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. ii. 87 ‘Oh, my Lord!’ carelessly remarked Vivian, ‘I thought it was a mere on dit!’ 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xi. i. 200 As I have had occasion before to remark, Sphinx and Enigma are nouns feminine. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 12 The modern philosopher would remark that the indefinite is equally real with the definite. 1919 Outing Mar. 311/1 As an illustration of how regular living has done its part in maintaining the veteran on his championship throne, we might remark casually that Frank rode the fastest mile of his entire career in 1914, when he covered the distance in 1:59 from a standing start. 1953 L. Gurko Heroes, Highbrows, & Pop. Mind i. iv. 72 ‘In his later years,’ remarked V. L. Parrington in Main Currents in American Thought, ‘an impassable gulf opened between Mark Twain and his generation.’ 2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 June 44 The Kaiser once remarked acidly that the King [sc. Edward VII] was unavailable because he was out yachting with his grocer. b. intransitive. To make a remark on (also occasionally about) something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > comment on note1607 observe1613 commenta1616 observea1616 remark1676 commentate1861 to pass a remark1899 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. ii. 52 But I shall not trouble my self to remarque on Matters, with which my Discourse hath nothing to do. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 113 Let us just remark on the reversing the Use of the Table. 1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 339 My simile..brings me to remark on the landscape, or rather the prison-scape around me. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i. 16 Remarking on the fine promise of fruit. 1861 C. J. Lever One of Them xviii Remarking on a little tinted sketch at the top of the letter. 1900 Daily News 22 Feb. 7/4 The magistrate remarked on the undesirability of permitting colour dusting to be carried on in the printing shop. 1937 E. Pyle in Washington (D.C.) Daily News 22 May 86 My Dad kept remarking about the ‘broken’ country, and how pretty it was. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxii. 212 Some of the fellow crims remarked on it in filthy language. 1992 Independent 16 Mar. 19/1 Nuns, female students, women prisoners, sisters, and mothers and daughters have often remarked about the unusual menstrual synchrony that seems to develop within their communities. 2004 T. Mackintosh-Smith in Slightly Foxed Winter 8 On occasion there had been a shadow where none should have been, and more than one guest had remarked on a ‘presence’ in the south-west bedroom. †c. intransitive. Without preposition: to make remarks. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1845 J. Ruskin Let. 17 June in H. I. Shapiro Ruskin in Italy (1972) 118 Perhaps..it is an English cheesemonger & his wife, who come in, and remark, as happened to me the other day while I was looking at the gates of Ghiberti. 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