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Webster 1913 Edition

Remord

Re-mord′

(r?-m?rd′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
remordere
to bite again, to torment: cf. F.
remordre
. See
Remorse
.]
To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
[Obs.]
Skelton.

Re-mord′

,
Verb.
I.
To feel remorse.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Remord

REMORD'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. remordeo; re and mordeo, to gnaw.]
To rebuke; to excite to remorse. [Not in use.]

REMORD'

,
Verb.
I.
To feel remorse. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

remord

remord

English

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel remorse.
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  2. (obsolete, transitive) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
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French

Verb

remord

  1. third-person singular present indicative of remordre

Etymology

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 Provençal remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

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