remord

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English

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Etymology

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From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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remord (third-person singular simple present remords, present participle remording, simple past and past participle remorded)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel remorse.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
    • a. 1529, John Skelton, Agaynstethe Scottes:
      Dyvers People That Remord This Rymyng
      Agaynst the Scot

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French

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Verb

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remord

  1. third-person singular present indicative of remordre

Middle English

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Verb

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remord

  1. Alternative form of remorden