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[ rem-uh-nis ] / ˌrɛm əˈnɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reminisce ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing.to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence. Origin of reminisceFirst recorded in 1820–30; back formation from reminiscence SYNONYMS FOR reminisceremember, recollect, muse. SEE SYNONYMS FOR reminisce ON THESAURUS.COM Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reminisceDon spends an afternoon with Joan, test-driving a Jaguar and drinking together in a bar, reminiscing about the past. ‘Mad Men’ Returns: A Recap of Season Five|Jace Lacob|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Reminiscing on life in his hometown, Hemon writes, “physically and metaphysically, I was placed.” Michael Hainey and Aleksandar Hemon’s Chicago Dreams|Chris Wallace|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Or reminiscing about events he could not possibly have witnessed. What Newt Gingrich Can Teach Obama, and America, About Romney|Matt Latimer|October 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST The film opens with Pi (Irrfan Khan), a grown man, reminiscing to a novelist (Rafe Spall) about his childhood. Is Ang Lee’s Visually Breathtaking Life of Pi This Year’s Slumdog Millionaire?|Marlow Stern|September 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Hushed, melancholic vocals disrupt the hypnotic interlude, reminiscing on a past love. Gotye on His Viral Hit ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’|Marlow Stern|March 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST They know some of the same people at home and spent an hour reminiscing after dinner. The Four Corners Abroad|Amy Ella Blanchard But thinking, dreaming, reminiscing would not bring it all back for there was only one answer to still the longing: work. The Ultimate Experiment|Thornton DeKy For a long time afterwards she sat dreaming, reminiscing in sweet fancy every word and smile Theodore had given her. Rose O'Paradise|Grace Miller White On my own part, I was only reminiscing upon the travels of this old tea set. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound|Alice B. Emerson A school friend, reminiscing about Humphrey, told of a walk several of them took one hot day. Historic Inventions|Rupert S. Holland
British Dictionary definitions for reminisce
verb(intr) to talk or write about old times, past experiences, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to reminisceremind, look back, remember, recall, review, mind, revive, recollect, retain, bethink, cite, retrospect, think back, call up, hark back |