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reminiscent


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reminiscent  \Rem`i*nis"cent\  (-sent),  a.  [L.  reminiscens, 
  -entis,  p.  pr  of  reminisci  to  recall  to  mind,  to  recollect; 
  pref.  re-  re  +  a  word  akin  to  mens  mind,  memini  I  remember. 
  See  {Mind}.] 
  Recalling  to  mind,  or  capable  of  recalling  to  mind;  having 
  remembrance;  reminding  one  of  something 
 
  Some  other  of  existence  of  which  we  have  been 
  previously  conscious,  and  are  now  reminiscent.  --Sir  W. 
  Hamilton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reminiscent  \Rem`i*nis"cent\  (r?m`?-n?s"sent),  n. 
  One  who  is  addicted  to  indulging,  narrating,  or  recording 
  reminiscences. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reminiscent 
  adj  :  serving  to  bring  to  mind;  "cannot  forbear  to  close  on  this 
  redolent  literary  note"-  Wilder  Hobson;  "a  campaign 
  redolent  of  machine  politics"  [syn:  {evocative},  {redolent}, 
  {redolent  of(p)},  {remindful},  {reminiscent  of(p)}] 




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