remise
(noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
remise
(noun) an expensive or high-class hackney
Source: WordNet® 3.1
remise (third-person singular simple present remises, present participle remising, simple past and past participle remised)
(transitive) To send or give back.
To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.
remise (plural remises)
(obsolete, legal) A return or surrender of a claim, property etc. [15th–19th c.]
remise (plural remises)
(now, historical) A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise. [17th–19th c.]
(fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm. [from 19th c.]
(music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
• Meiers, Meiser, Siemer, misère
Source: Wiktionary
Re*mise" (r-mz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-mzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] Etym: [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]
Definition: To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.
Re*mise", n. (Law)
Definition: A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
