remurmur

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verb

To murmur back or again.

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Meanings

verbremurmur (third-person singular simple present remurmurs, present participle remurmuring, simple past and past participle remurmured)

present singular third person remurmurs · participle present remurmuring · participle past remurmured · past remurmured

  1. intransitiveTo murmur back or again.

    The trembling Trees, in ev'ry Plain and Wood, / Her Fate remurmur to the ſilver Flood; […]

    1709 May, Alexander Pope, “Pastorals. The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne. […]”, in Poetical Miscellanies: The Sixth Part. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 749
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    Here he ſpies a pleaſant rivulet, which, through its flow'ry banks, glides along over the brighteſt ſand, and remurmurs over the whiteſt pebbles that bedimple its ſmooth ſurface, while that other, through its liquid cryſtal, feaſts the eye with a proſpect of gold and orient pearl.

    1749, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “The Notable Dispute between the Canon and Don Quixote; with Other Matters”, in [Peter Anthony] Motteux, transl., edited by [John] Ozell, The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. […], 8th edition, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC, part I, book IV, page 234

Origin

From re- + murmur.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

murmurer
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APA

remurmur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remurmur

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Chicago

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