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rĕ-mētĭor, mensus, 4, v. dep. a., to measure or mete again, measure or mete back (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Lit.: iter retro remensumst, Lucr. 2, 516: si modo rite memor servata remetior astra, Verg. A. 5, 25: frumentum pecuniā remetiri, to measure back with money, i. e. to pay for with an equal measure of money, Quint. Decl. 12, 19 fin.
    In pass. sense: in quā mensurā mensi fueritis, remetietur, Vulg. Matt. 7, 2; id. Marc. 4, 24.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To measure back, i. e. to go, pass, or travel over again: iter, Stat. Th. 3, 324: stadia, Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181.
        In pass. sense: pelagoque remenso, Improvisi aderunt, Verg. A. 2, 181: remenso mari, id. ib. 3, 143.
      2. 2. In gen., to void or discharge back again: ille fide summā testae sua vina remensus, Reddidit oenophori pondera plena sui, Mart. 6, 89, 5: vinum omne vomitu, Sen. Ep. 95, 21; cf. id. Prov. 3, 13.
  2. II. Trop., to go over in one’s mind; to think over, reflect upon; to tell again, repeat: totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior, Sen. Ira, 3, 36: fabulam, App. M. 1, p. 104, 7; 2, p. 123, 35.
      1. 2. (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To measure or pass over again: transmissum discrimen convalescendo remetiri, to remeasure, in recovering, the danger surmounted (i. e. to be continually advancing in recovery), Plin. Ep. 8, 11, 2.