remew

English

Alternative forms

• remue

Etymology

From Middle English remewen, from Old French remuer, from Medieval Latin remutare, from Latin re- +‎ mutare.

Verb

remew (third-person singular simple present remews, present participle remewing, simple past and past participle remewed)

1. (obsolete) To remove.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, lxx:

     But with that faith wherewith he could remew / The steadfast hills, and seas dry up to naught, / He pray'd the Lord upon his flock to rew, / To ope the springs of grace, and ease this drought.

Anagrams

• mewer