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REMINISCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reminisce ... he / she / it reminisces
Past simple: reminisced
Past participle: reminisced
-ing form: reminiscing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recall the past
Example:
The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "reminisce" is one way to...):
remember; think back (recapture the past; indulge in memories)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
reminiscence (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))
reminiscence (a mental impression retained and recalled from the past)
reminiscent (serving to bring to mind)
