Meaning of REMEMBER
Pronunciation: | | ri'membur
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- [v] recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
- [v] keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"
- [v] recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"
- [v] call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
- [v] exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"
- [v] mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife"
- [v] mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"
- [v] show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"
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| Synonyms: | | call back, call up, commemorate, commend, recall, recollect, retrieve, reward, think, think of |
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| Antonyms: | | blank out, block, bury, draw a blank, forget | |
| See Also: | | advert, associate, bear in mind, bequeath, bring up, brush up, characterise, characterize, cite, colligate, connect, know, leave, link, link up, look back, mention, mind, name, qualify, recognise, recognize, refer, refresh, relate, remember, reminisce, retain, retrospect, review, think back, tie in, will | |
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| Definition: | | Remember When a young woman tries to understand the circumstances around her fiance`s suicide, she unwittingly uncovers a terrifying plot. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Remembered} (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remembering}.] [OF.
remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to
remembrance, from memor mindful. See {Memory}, and cf.
{Rememorate}.]
1. To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as
previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed
apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of
again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers
the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.
We are said to remember anything, when the idea of
it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we
have had this idea before. --I. Watts.
2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind;
to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve
fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with
gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx.
8.
That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And
something over to remember me by. --Shak.
Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. --Milton.
3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and
impersonally. [Obs.] ``Remembering them the trith of what
they themselves known.'' --Milton.
My friends remembered me of home. --Chapman.
Remember you of passed heaviness. --Chaucer.
And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee.
--Chaucer.
4. To mention. [Obs.] ``As in many cases hereafter to be
remembered.'' --Ayliffe.
5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly
messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered
to you, etc.
\Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), v. i.
To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember
better than others. --Shak.
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