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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Rēm'i-nis'çençe, n.

noun

n. [Fr. réminiscence, Pr., Sp., & Pg. reminiscencia, It. reminiscenzia, reminiscenza, Lat. reminiscentia. See infra.]

  1. The state of being reminiscent, or inclined to call to mind.
  2. The power of recalling to mind; remembrance.

I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. W. Scott. 3. That which is remembered or recalled to mind; the statement of what one recollects; especially, past incidents or forgotten characteristics; as, pleasant or painful reminiscences. Syn.—Memory; remembrance; recollection. See MEMORY.