remind English · revision 5742

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈmaɪnd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|re-|mind|t1=again|t2=to bring to mind]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a Latin–Germanic hybrid,^(Etymonline) probably on the model of obsolete rememorate in the same sense.^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To recall something to one's own mind, to remember: 1645 in the OED and Barnhart, the 1640s in Etymonline, a sense now obsolete,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) while MWU gives 1615 for its first sense.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To put someone in mind of something, to make them remember, is from 1660 (the 1650s in Etymonline),^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and with an infinitive or a clause, as in ''remind me to call'', from 1662.^(OED 1989) ''Reminder'' is from 1653, though rare before the 19th century.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) In Scots, remind long kept the old sense “to remember, keep in mind”.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1615 – first sense, in MWU.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1645 – to remember.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1653 – ''reminder''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1660 – to put someone in mind.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make someone [[remember]] something, or remember to do something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To make someone think of something [[similar]]: ''she reminds me of her mother''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reminder]]

+ * [[remindful]]

+ * [[unreminded]]

+ * [[reremind]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mind]]

+ * [[remember]]

+ * [[reminisce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}