remercy

English

Etymology

From Middle French remercier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈməːsi/

Verb

remercy (third-person singular simple present remercies, present participle remercying, simple past and past participle remercied)

1. (transitive, now rare) To thank (someone).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     She him remercied as the Patrone of her life.

Anagrams

• mercery