remise

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remise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remise \Re*mise"\ (r?-m?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised
     (-m?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] [F. remise delivery,
     surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere.
     See Remit.]
     To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to
     resign or surrender by deed; to return. --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]

  Remise \Re*mise"\, n. (Law)
     A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of
     a claim.
     [1913 Webster]

  Remise \Re*mise"\, n.
     1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary
        fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

remise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  remise
      n 1: an expensive or high-class hackney
      2: a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other
         vehicles [syn: coach house, carriage house, remise]
      3: (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when
         your opponent fails to riposte)