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Webster 1913 Edition

Remark

Re-mark′

(r?-m?rk′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Remarked
(-m?rkt′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Remarking
.]
[F.
remarquer
; pref.
re-
re- +
marquer
to mark,
marque
a mark, of German origin, akin to E.
mark
. See
Mark
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
]
1.
To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.
[Obs.]
Thou art a man
remarked
to taste a mischief.
Ford.
His manacles
remark
him; there he sits.
Milton.
2.
To take notice of, or to observe, mentally;
as, to
remark
the manner of a speaker
.
3.
To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; – often with a substantive clause;
as, he
remarked
that it was time to go
.
Syn. – To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say.
–
Remark
,
Observe
,
Notice
. To observe is to keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To remark is simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To notice implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these mental states to the expression of them in language, we find the same distinction. An observation is properly the result of somewhat prolonged thought; a remark is usually suggested by some passing occurence; a notice is in most cases something cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to remark and observe, which are often used interchangeably. “Observing men may form many judgments by the rules of similitude and proportion.”
I. Watts.
“He can not distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar remarks.”
Collier.
“The thing to be regarded, in taking notice of a child’s miscarriage, is what root it springs from.”
Locke.

Re-mark′

(r?-m?rk′)
,
Verb.
I.
To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

Re-mark′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
remarque
.]
1.
Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude
Conjecture and
remark
, however shrewd.
Cowper.
2.
The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement;
as, a pertinent
remark
.
Syn. – Observation; note; comment; annotation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Remark

REM'ARK

,
Noun.
Notice or observation, particularly notice or observation expressed in words or writing; as the remarks of an advocate; the remarks made in conversation; the judicious or the uncandid remarks of a critic. A remark is not always expressed, for we say, a man makes his remarks on a preacher's sermon while he is listening to it. In this case the notice is silent, a mere act of the mind.

REM'ARK

, v.t.
1.
To observe; to note in the mind; to take notice of without expression. I remarked the manner of the speaker; I remarked his elegant expressions.
2.
To express in words or writing what one thinks or sees; to express observations; as, it is necessary to repeat what has been before remarked.
3.
To mark; to point out; to distinguish. [Not in use.]
His manacles remark him.

Definition 2024

remark

remark

See also: re-mark

English

Pronunciation

Noun

remark ‎(plural remarks)

  1. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
  2. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 3, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
  3. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque
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Verb

remark ‎(third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)

  1. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
  2. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
    • Ford
      Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief.
    • Milton
      His manacles remark him; there he sits.
  3. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
      "Did you ever remark that door?" he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connect in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story."
  4. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause
    He remarked that it was time to go.
Translations

Etymology 2

re- +‎ mark

Pronunciation

Noun

remark ‎(plural remarks)

  1. Alternative spelling of re-mark

Verb

remark ‎(third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)

  1. Alternative spelling of re-mark

Anagrams

Etymology

From Old French remarquer, from re- ‎(“again”) + marquer ‎(“to mark”); see mark.

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