a. [ L. commemorabilis. ] Worthy to be commemorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating. ] [ L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory. ] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

Syn. -- See Celebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.
Syn. -- commemorative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. commemoratio. ] 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or intended to commemorate; as, a commemorative plaque. “A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. something that commemorates, especially a postage stamp or coin having a design commemorating some event, person, institution, etc. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. ] One who commemorates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to commemorate; commemorative. Bp. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable. ] Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial. ] Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. “Immemorial elms.” Tennyson. “Immemorial usage or custom.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond “legal memory” so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be liable to impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Beyond memory. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Computers) The memory in a computer that holds programs and data for rapid access during execution of a program; it usually hold the largest quantity of rapid-access storage in a computer; -- also called RAM (random access memory. It is contrasted to ROM, disk data storage, cache, registers and other forms of data storage. [ PJC ]

n. A writer of memoirs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or pl. , n. [ F. mémoire, m., memorandum, fr. mémoire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory. ] 1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L., fr. memorabilis memorable. See Memorable. ] 1. Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mementos of past events; souvenirs. [ PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being memorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. memorabilis, fr. memorare to bring to remembrance, fr. memor mindful, remembering. See Memory, and cf. Memorabilia. ] Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. -- Mem"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surviving fame to gain,
Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Memorandums, L. Memoranda [ L., something to be remembered, neut. of memorandus, fut. pass. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memorandum check, a check given as an acknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the understanding that it will not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on its face. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. memoratus, p. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] To commemorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mémoratif. ] Commemorative. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memoria technica, technical memory; a contrivance for aiding the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. mémorial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See Memory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building. [ 1913 Webster ]

There high in air, memorial of my name,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memorial Day. See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called Decoration Day. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. mémorial. ] 1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A memorandum; a record. [ Obs. or R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Memory; remembrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Precious is the memorial of the just. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A day, originally May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States; Also called Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday in most of the States. In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A day designated for commemoration of all of the war dead of the United States, clebrated on the last Monday in May in most states. It supersedes the original Memorial Day celebrated May 30th. [ PJC ]

v. t. Same as memorialize. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. mémorialiste. ] One who writes or signs a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Memorialized p. pr. & vb. n. Memorializing ] To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who petitions by a memorial. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is often planted in cemeteries. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Memorize. ] One who, or that which, causes to be remembered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ L., fr. memor mindful. See Memorable. ] By, or from, memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Memorized p. pr. & vb. n. Memorizing ] [ See Memory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They neglect to memorize their conquest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

They meant to . . . memorize another Golgotha. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who learns by rote. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Memories [ OE. memorie, OF. memoire, memorie, F. mémoire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. Demur, Martyr, Memoir, Remember. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memory is the purveyor of reason. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

And what, before thy memory, was done
From the begining. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

The memory of the just is blessed. Prov. x. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

That ever-living man of memory, Henry the Fifth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Nonconformists . . . have, as a body, always venerated her [ Elizabeth's ] memory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A memorial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

These weeds are memories of those worser hours. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Memory, Remembrance, Recollection, Reminiscence. Memory is the generic term, denoting the power by which we reproduce past impressions. Remembrance is an exercise of that power when things occur spontaneously to our thoughts. In recollection we make a distinct effort to collect again, or call back, what we know has been formerly in the mind. Reminiscence is intermediate between remembrance and recollection, being a conscious process of recalling past occurrences, but without that full and varied reference to particular things which characterizes recollection. “When an idea again recurs without the operation of the like object on the external sensory, it is remembrance; if it be sought after by the mind, and with pain and endeavor found, and brought again into view, it is recollection.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To draw to memory, to put on record; to record. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. rememoratus, p. p. of rememorari. See Remember. ] To recall something by means of memory; to remember. [ Obs. ] Bryskett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. remémoration, or L. rememoratio. ] A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. [ Obs. & R. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or serving to remind. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]