remound

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A strong conjugation preterite formed on the pattern of findfound.

Verb

remound

  1. (nonstandard, rare nonce word) simple past and past participle of remind
    • 1830, Filaret, “On the Tenses of Greek Verbs” in The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, ed. Sylvanus Urban, volume 100, part 2, page 125
      hat should we now think of the grammar which should run thus: 1. pret. I fighted, thou fightedst, &c. 2d pret. I fought, &c. And again, 1st pret. I reminded, &c. 2d pret. I remound?
    • 1918, The Judge (Judge Publishing Company), volume 75, page unknown
      I find — that is to say, I’ve found —
      That when one knows “sink, sank and sunken,”
      He soon is strenuously remound
      He mustn’t say “blink, blank and blunken.”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:remound.

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ mound.

Verb

remound (third-person singular simple present remounds, present participle remounding, simple past and past participle remounded)

  1. Restore the mound or mounds of (especially, a grave or graves).
    • 1916, Economic Entomology: Pamphlets, volume 109, page 1,130:
      In some soils, mounds made earlier wash down, thus making it necessary to remound in the fall.
    • 1995, L. R. Goldman, chapter 3, in Aletta Biersack, editor, Papuan borderlands: Huli, Duna, and Ipili perspectives on the Papua New Guinea Highlands, page 275:
      [W]omen may continue to remound old gardens for ten years or more.
    • 2006, William Gay, Twilight, MacAdam/Cage Pub., →ISBN, page 7, →ISBN:
      He drove the spade into the earth mounded atop the grave and leaning his weight into the work began to remound the earth in a pile next the grave.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:remound.
  2. (chiefly in food preparation) Reform into a mound.
    • 1983, William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi , The Book of Miso: Savory, High-protein Seasoning (2nd ed.; Ten Speed Press; →ISBN, 9780898150971), page 181
      Remound koji into oval volcano shape, re-cover tray with lid set slightly ajar, and re-cover incubation box with blankets.
    • 1991, Fred Bridge, Jean F. Tibbetts, The Well-Tooled Kitchen, Morrow, page 97:
      Roll a rolling pin 1 to 2 times over the mixture to flatten the butter particles, gather into a mound again, then use the pastry blender to cut until powdery with some oatmeal-shaped flakes throughout; remound.
    • 1995, Jesse Ziff Cool, Onions: A Country Garden Cookbook, Collins Publishers San Francisco, →ISBN, page 1, →ISBN:
      As the plant grows, move the tube upward and remound the dirt to cover the base and the blanched leaves.
  3. (rosiculture, rare) Bolster with a restored mound.
    • 1999, Thomas Cairns, Ortho’s All About Roses, Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN:
      Watch for wrinkling on the canes — the first sign of dehydration. If this occurs, recut the canes below the wrinkling, remound the plant, and water well.

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