Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To recollect and tell of past experiences or events.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To indulge in reminiscences; relate past events; recollect. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
- v. intransitive To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
WordNet 3.0
- v. recall the past
Etymologies
- Back-formation from reminiscence, from Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor ("remember"). (Wiktionary)
- Back-formation from reminiscence. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Whilst those with say 10 plus years in reminisce about past times, forget it, this is the new reality”
“There will come a time when Ryan Giggs is stood besuited before the TV cameras on a touchline somewhere in Europe as Manchester United fans sing his name and reminisce in the stands above, as they did for Roy Keane in Lisbon.”
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“Queen Elizabeth of Britain, saying she wasn't at the U.N. to "reminisce," challenged it to work for "prosperity and dignity" for all.”
“Yes, actually, it was cool, because I just went back on "SNL," so I totally did kind of reminisce that whole experience.”
“It's fun to get a chance to see everyone again and kind of reminisce about the old times, especially us old, retired guys," Sakic said.”
“Federer vs. Nadal … makes me kind of reminisce about the good ol 'days of”
“Now tell me all about yourselves and what you are going to do with your winter, and we can 'reminisce' another time.”
“While we stroll down memory lane, let's not forget to reminisce about those houses that used to have dirt floors near Moecherville and on Plain Avenue.”
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“Whether you are looking to reminisce about your childhood or share something special with a younger generation, Fraggle Rock is definitely worth your time.”
“Paul Richard, who guided Washington Post readers through the city's museums and galleries for more than 40 years, is going to reminisce a bit Thursday night at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.”
The Washington Post: Paul Richard to trace Color School origins
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘reminisce’.
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Mirrored Vowels
Rules:
• The word must have an even number of vowels.
• There must be four or more vowels; thus, at minimum, an A-A-A-A or A-B-B-A pattern.
• The vowels must appear in a mir...feminine, solicitor, caruncular, repackager, semiprimes, fetishises, decomposer, demonlover, recomposer, sepultures, lipotropic, colesterol and 385 more...
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WF - list of EN back-formations
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_back-formations
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
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Neww
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Baby Got Back-Formations
"A new word created by removing an affix from an already existing word, as vacuum clean from vacuum cleaner, or by removing what is mistakenly thought to be an affix, as pea from the earlier Englis...
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Words
My list of words.
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Misc. Words.
Words I like to use, words I like but may forget.
corrosion, astonish, solace, ferment, continuum, kinesthetic, permeate, repose, caprice, cardinal, discourse, surrender and 610 more...
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Daily
Daily Vocab List
lull, pious, lurid, objurgate, insurgent, lewd, patio, onus, lampoon, geisha, larceny, maim and 206 more...
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GMAT
part of speech, frown, brow, immensely, immense, incomprehensible, toil, concision, concise, proper noun, hyphenated, dash and 190 more...
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KlinkKlonk's Words
hugger-muggering, gabfest, zedonk, serendipitous, schauden freude, scintilla, iconoclast, firebrand, floccinaucinihili..., schlepping, flaccid, iridescent and 126 more...
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abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Jigsaw Codex
List? What list?
This is the list that makes up the world.cat, boustrophedon, syndetic, life, imbroglio, interlude, composition, investigation, cantankerous, him, sign, universality and 189 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for reminisce.
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