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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REMIND, v.t. [re and mind.]
1. To put in mind; to bring to the remembrance of; as, to remind a person of his promise.
2. To bring to notice or consideration. The infirmities of old age remind us of our mortality.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother"
2: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn: prompt, remind, cue]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1660 to put in mind of something ; cause to remember Synonyms: see remember • reminder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (foll. by of) cause (a person) to remember or think of. 2 (foll. by to + infin. or that + clause) cause (a person) to remember (a commitment etc.) (remind them to pay their subscriptions).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Remind Re*mind" (r?-m?nd"), v. t. To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person). When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. --South.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reminds, reminding, reminded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If someone reminds you of a fact or event that you already know about, they say something which makes you think about it. So she simply welcomed him and reminded him of the last time they had met... I had to remind myself that being confident is not the same as being perfect! VERB: V n of n, V n that 2. You use remind in expressions such as Let me remind you that and May I remind you that to introduce a piece of information that you want to emphasize. It may be something that the hearer already knows about or a new piece of information. Sometimes these expressions can sound unfriendly. (SPOKEN) 'Let me remind you,' said Marianne, 'that Manchester is also my home town.'... Need I remind you who the enemy is? VERB: V n that, V n wh [emphasis] 3. If someone reminds you to do a particular thing, they say something which makes you remember to do it. Can you remind me to buy a bottle of Martini?... The note was to remind him about something he had to explain to one of his students. VERB: V n to-inf, V n about n 4. If you say that someone or something reminds you of another person or thing, you mean that they are similar to the other person or thing and that they make you think about them. She reminds me of the wife of the pilot who used to work for you... VERB: V n of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Suggest to, put in mind, jog the memory of, put in remembrance.

Moby Thesaurus

admonish, advise, bring to recollection, carry back, cite, cue, give a hint, give the cue, hint, hold the promptbook, imply, intimate, jog, jog the memory, mind, nag, nudge, prompt, prompt the mind, put in mind, put in remembrance, recall, recollect, remember, remind one of, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, suggest, warn