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remise.

To send or give back.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈmʌɪz/UK/ɹɪˈmaɪz/US
  1. To send or give back.

    formal · transitive
  2. To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

noun/ɹɪˈmʌɪz/UK/ɹɪˈmaɪz/US
  1. A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

noun/ɹɪˈmʌɪz/UK/ɹɪˈmaɪz/US
  1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.

    historical
  2. A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.

    obsolete
  3. A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.

  4. The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.

Where this word comes from

From French remise.

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