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Webster 1913 Edition

Reminiscence

Remˊi-nis′cence

(r?mˊ?-n?s′sens)
,
Noun.
[F.
réminiscence
, L.
reminiscentia
.]
1.
The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.
The other part of memory, called
reminiscence
, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered.
South.
I forgive your want of
reminiscence
, since it is long since I saw you.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection;
as, pleasing or painful
reminiscences
.
Syn. – Remembrance; recollection. See
Memory
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Reminiscence

REMINIS'CENCE

,
Noun.
[L. reminiscens, reminiscor, Gr. See Memory.]
1.
That faculty of the mind by which ideas formerly received into it, but forgotten, are recalled or revived in the memory.
2.
Recollection; recovery of ideas that had escaped from the memory.

Definition 2024

réminiscence

réminiscence

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French

Noun

réminiscence m ‎(plural réminiscences)

  1. reminiscence (act of remembering long-past experiences)

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