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remords

UK/ɹɪˈmɔːdz/

remords is the third-person singular simple present indicative of remord.

Meaning of remord

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel remorse.
    • Beyng meued either with loue or pitie, or other wyse his conscience remording against the destruction of so noble a prince.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
    • Dyvers People That Remord This Rymyng
      Agaynst the Scota. 1529, John Skelton, Agaynstethe Scottes

Questions about remords

What is remords the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Remords is the third-person singular simple present indicative of remord.
How do you pronounce remords?
Remords is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɔːdz/ (UK).

Words near remords in the dictionary

  1. remordanting
  2. remordants
  3. remorded
  4. remordency
  5. remording
  6. remords
  7. remorin
  8. remorins
  9. remorphize
  10. remorphized
  11. remorphizes

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