- Remember
- Remember 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.
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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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx. 8. [1913 Webster]
That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] ``Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]
My friends remembered me of home. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Remember you of passed heaviness. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
4. To mention. [Obs.] ``As in many cases hereafter to be remembered.'' --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.