memorate

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin memoratus, past participle of memorare (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.

Noun

memorate (plural memorates)

  1. (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.

Verb

memorate (third-person singular simple present memorates, present participle memorating, simple past and past participle memorated)

  1. (obsolete) To commemorate
  2. (obsolete) To memorize

Further reading

  • memorate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • memorate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Esperanto

Adverb

memorate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of memori

Interlingua

Participle

memorate

  1. past participle of memorar

Latin

Participle

memorāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of memorātus

Verb

  1. imperative second-person plural of memoro
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