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| Remembrance (Re*mem"brance) (-brans), n. [OF. remembrance.] 1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. "Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage." Milton. "Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail." Addison. 2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. "This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear." Pope. 3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak. 4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. "And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord." Spenser. "Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake." Shak. 5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni¿¿on; instruction. [Obs.] Shak. 6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. "Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance." Milton. Synonyms -- Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory. |
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