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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REMI'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. remissus, remitto; re and mitto, to send.]
To give or grant back; to release a claim; to resign or surrender by deed. A B hath remised, released, and forever quitclaimed to B C, all his right to the manor of Dale.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an expensive or high-class hackney
2: a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles [syn: coach house, carriage house, remise]
3: (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (remised; remising) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French remis, past participle of remettre to put back, from Latin remittere to send back Date: 15th century to give, grant, or release a claim to ; deed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. 1 Law surrender or make over (a right or property). 2 Fencing make a remise. --n. Fencing a second thrust made after the first has failed. Etymology: F f. remis, remise past part. of remettre put back: cf. REMIT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Remise Re*mise", n. 1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne. 2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Remise Re*mise" (r?-m?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-m?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.] To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. --Blackstone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Remise Re*mise", n. (Law) A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. (Law.) Surrender, release. II. v. a. (Law.) Surrender, release, grant back.