Reminds

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causes a person to think again of a past event or fact ; prompts a person to remember to carry out a task or obligation
2. Brings a memory back into someone's mind ; serves as a reminder for someone to perform an action
3. Elicits recollection of something previously experienced or known ; encourages someone to not forget a duty or appointment

Etymology: "Reminds" is the third-person singular form of "remind," so the story belongs to the verb itself. English had a much older word for the same idea. Old English speakers used "myndgian," which came from "mynd," meaning memory or mind, and that word died out. In the mid-1600s, English speakers built a replacement by attaching the prefix "re-" to "mind," which in its older sense meant "to remember." The new verb meant, in effect, "to mind again," bringing something back into the mind. The formation may also have been helped by an existing word. The verb "rememorate," meaning to call to mind, was already in use, and it likely suggested the pattern that produced "remind." Because "mind" once carried the sense of memory, a reader of the time could read "remind" almost literally as recalling something to memory.

Synonyms: recalls, recollects, brings to mind, suggests, cues

Antonyms: forgets, ignores, overlooks, dismisses, neglects