Remember
[rɪ'membə] or [rɪ'mɛmbɚ]
Definition
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) keep in mind for attention or consideration; 'Remember the Alamo'; 'Remember to call your mother every day!'; 'Think of the starving children in India!'.
(verb.) recapture the past; indulge in memories; 'he remembered how he used to pick flowers'.
(verb.) exercise, or have the power of, memory; 'After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember'; 'some remember better than others'.
(verb.) mention favorably, as in prayer; 'remember me in your prayers'.
(verb.) show appreciation to; 'He remembered her in his will'.
Checker: Roland--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
(v. t.) To mention.
(v. t.) To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.
(v. i.) To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.
Editor: Tracy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Recall (easily), RECOLLECT, call to mind, call up, call to remembrance, have at one's fingers' ends, know by heart.[2]. Retain, bear in mind, keep in mind, bear in memory, preserve the memory of, treasure in the memory, tax the memory with.
Checker: Marsha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Recollect, recall, retain, bear_in_mind, mind
ANT:Forget, obliviate, disregard, overlook
Edited by Blair
Definition
v.t. to keep in mind: to recall to mind: to recollect: (B.) to meditate on: (Shak.) to mention: to bear in mind with gratitude and reverence: to attend to: to give money for service done.—adj. Remem′berable that may be remembered.—adv. Remem′berably.—ns. Remem′berer; Remem′brance memory: that which serves to bring to or keep in mind: a memorial: the power of remembering: the length of time a thing can be remembered; Remem′brancer that which reminds: a recorder: an officer of exchequer.—Remember one to to commend one to.
Typed by Emile
Examples
- Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Don't you remember it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I cannot stand scenes, remember! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I don't remember much about it, except that I was afraid of the cellar and the dark entry, and always liked the cake and milk we had up at the top. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If there's police-court business over this, you'll remember that I was the one that stood your friend, and that I was Miss Alice's friend too. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Don't you remember the day you played Rarey with Puck, and we all looked on? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I remember when Mr. Candy himself brought the list to my mistress. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then I remembered all at once that I had not said my prayers that morning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And it must be remembered that this poor lady had never met a gentleman in her life until this present moment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I remembered the furtive hatred in her face when she said, There is no news of Sir Percival that I don't expect--except the news of his death. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I did not remember, at the moment when I wrote last, that you knew them both; but I remembered it afterwards, and it helped me on. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I heard one of the young men tell another that he knew I'd been an actress, in fact, he thought he remembered seeing me at one of the minor theaters. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But he remembered his dinner-hour, and used to cry if his wine-and-water was not strong enough. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There were lines upon his forehead, but Time seemed to have touched him gently, remembering how kind he was to others. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- One was called the Ars Memorandi, or Art of Remembering, and the other the Ars Moriendi, or Art of Knowing How to Die. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I'll bear in mind the amount in this cheque, Mr. Betteredge, when the occasion comes round for remembering it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The effort of remembering that he wanted to speak to me was, but too evidently, the only effort that his enfeebled memory was now able to achieve. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I fear that the excitement may be too great for you, said Dorothea, remembering Lydgate's cautions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am grateful to you for remembering my feelings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He shook his head remembering, then went on. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But Horsfall has this virtue, added the surgeon--drunk or sober, she always remembers to obey _me_. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If no one else in Milton remembers me, I'm certain you will; and papa too. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The popular idea of the electric light is, that it is a very recent invention, since even the younger generation remembers when there was no such thing in general use. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Samaritan nature is human nature, and human nature remembers contact with the illustrious, always. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There--immediately, her lips began to tremble like those of a child that remembers again, and the tears came rushing up. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Pray say, Miss de Bassompierre; and, of course, such a stately personage remembers nothing of Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Peggy