Memento
[mɪ'mentəʊ]
Definition
(n.) A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Memorial, remembrancer, souvenir.
Typist: Ora
Definition
n. something to awaken memory: a reminder of what is past or of what is yet to come:—pl. Memen′tos.—Memento mori remember death: an ornament by its form reminding one of death.
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Examples
- I think St. Helena, the mother of Constantine, found this wonderful memento when she was here in the third century. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was something in this simple memento of a blighted childhood, and in the tenderness of Mrs Boffin, that touched the Secretary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Even now, she could not admit, to Ursula, that she wanted to keep it, as a memento, or a symbol. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have worn it since the day I lost my only treasure, as a memento of her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When you are at Madagascar, or at the Cape, or in India, would it be a consolation to have that memento in your possession? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He says he never expects to run out of mementoes of St. Paul as long as he is in reach of a sand-bank. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Freedom is mine till then; till then I may occupy her room, sit opposite her chair, rest my elbow on her table, have her little mementoes about me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes, and there are mementos of him still existing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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