remise

[ ri-mahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Law.

, re·mised, re·mis·ing.

1. to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.

remise

/ rɪˈmaɪz /

verb

1. tr law to give up or relinquish (a right, claim, etc); surrender
2. fencing to make a renewed thrust on the same lunge after the first has missed

noun

1. fencing a second thrust made on the same lunge after the first has missed
2. obsolete.
   a hired carriage
3. obsolete.
   a coach house

Word History and Origins

Origin of remise¹

1475–85; < Middle French, feminine past participle of remettre to put back, deliver < Latin remittere to remit

Word History and Origins

Origin of remise¹

C17: from French remettre to put back, from Latin remittere to send back, from re- + mittere to send

Example Sentences

Jon Levy—who I would be remise if I didn’t mention once worked as an informercial “Before and After” model—hosted his first dinner party almost four years ago.

From Forbes

"Ah, it was a vile remise," eagerly answered a dozen voices.

From Project Gutenberg

The piece, therefore, was remise,—and so was the harangue of the academician who was to have followed M. Mignet.

From Project Gutenberg

We at once engaged the latter functionary, ordered the remise of the hotel to wait for us, and started upon two days of eager but weary sight-seeing.

From Project Gutenberg

But under the protection of the fencing mask a new school of foil-play was evolved, one in which swiftness and inveteracy of attack and parry, of riposte, remise, counter-riposte and reprise, assumed an all-important character.

From Project Gutenberg

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