| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·mark |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -märk |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·marked, re·mark·ing, re·marks
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To express briefly and casually as a comment. 2. To take notice of; observe. See synonyms at see1. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To make a comment or observation: remarked on her academic scholarship. | | NOUN: | 1. The act of noticing or observing: a place worthy of remark. 2. A casual or brief expression of opinion; a comment. See synonyms at comment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration (influenced by mark1) of French remarquer : Old French re-, re- + Old French marquer, to mark (ultimately from merc, sign, from Old Norse merki, mark; see merg- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | re·marker —NOUN
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