memorandt

[ME., = Sp. Pg. mem or an do, Are he were ded and shuld fro hem wende A mem or and thyng to have yn mynde. MS . Harl. 1701, f. 84. ( Hall i well .) memorandum (mem-ō-ran'dum), n.; pl. mem or and a (-da), le commonly memorandums (-dumz). [= F. memorandum, help the memory; a record of something for fu- ture reference or consideration. And over against this memorandum (of the King's own hand), "Otherwise satisfied." Bacon, Hist. Henry VII., p. 212. Stings, conscious stings, have made my heart their Butt, Graving outrageous Memorandums there Of those snakes tongues which Aphrodisius shot Into my heedle breast. J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 147. Where still the thorn's white branches wave, Memorial o'er his rival's grave. 2. Contained in one's memory; within the mem- ory of man: opposed to immemorial . [Rare.] The case is with the memorial po e ions of the great- est part of mankind: a few useful things mixed with many trifles fill up their memories. Watts . Memorial cro . See cro 1, 2. - Memorial day a day observed in memory of something; specifically, in the United States, same as Decoration day (which see, under decoration ).- Memorial stone or tablet, a stone or tab- let set up, or placed on or in a wall, to commemorate some person or event. II. n. 1. That which preserves the memory of something; anything designed or adapted to serve as a reminder of a person, an event, or a fact or facts of any kind belonging to past time, as a record, a monument, an inseription, a cus- tom, a periodical observance, etc.: as, the " Me- morial of St. Helena," a book by Las Cases; the Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford. Memorials are history unfinished, or the first or rough Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 126. There is a memorial for the dead, as well in giving thanks to God for them as in praying for them. J. Bradford, Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 291. He lingered, poring on memorials Of the world's youth. memorious (mē-mō'ri-us), a. [= OF. meто- rieux = Sp. Pg. It. memorioso , memoriosus , that has a good memory, memoria , mem- ory: see memory .] 1. That has a good mem- ory. Bailey , 1731.-2. Worthy to be remem- bered.-3. Invested with memories. Shaggy Cintra... with its memorious convent and its Moorish castle. R. F. Burton , Gold Coast, I. 19. memoristt (mem'ō-rist), n. [= Pg. memorista , mimorista ; as mem or-y + -ist. Cf. memoirist . ] 1. One who remembers or brings to memory; a remembrancer. 2. In law : ( a ) A short note or abstract, intended for registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed, etc. (b) In Scots law , a statement of facts bear- ing upon a particular point, doubtful or dis- puted, in order to obtain counsel's opinion upon that point; a statement of facts or points in dispute for the use or advice of counsel; a brief. -3. A written representation of facts made to a legislative or other body as the ground of a petition, or a representation of facts accom- panied with a petition.-4. In diplomacy , one of a cla of informal state papers much used in negotiations, embracing such documents as cir- culars sent to foreign agents, answers to the communications of amba adors, and notes to foreign cabinets and amba adors.-5t. Mem- ory; remembrance; that which is remembered (about a person or thing). Ps. ix. 6. Evelyn . 6t. Eccles . See commemoration , 2 ( b ).=Syn. 1. Memorial , Monument , Memento , Souvenir, and Memoran- In Baden the... memorization of Latin words is dis- approved of. Pop. Sci . Mo., XXVI. 426. memorize (mem'ō-riz), v. t .; pret. and pp. mem- orized , ppr. memorizing. [ -ize .] 1. To cause to be remembered; make memo- rable; perpetuate the memory of, as by writ- ing or inscription. In vain I thinke, right honourable Lord, By this rude rime to memorize thy name. Spenser, To Lord of Buck hurst, Verses prefixed to F. Q. Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, Or memorize another Golgotha. 2. To keep in memory; hold in lasting remem- brance; have always in mind. From her Will fall some ble ing to this land, which shall In it be memorized . Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 52. And would but memorize the shining half Of his large nature that was turned to me. dum agree in meaning that which puts one in mind or helps one to remember; all but memorandum are espe- cially means of keeping a revered or endeared person, place, etc., in memory. A memorandum is simply a note made in order to prevent the forgetting of something important, especially something which might easily slip from the being a somewhat more elevated word: we give a book mind Memento and souvenir differ very slightly, souvenir or a lock of hair as a memento ; we prize a faded flower as a souvenir of a visit to Mount Vernon with friends now separated from us. Memorial and monument are some- times the same: as, the Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford e entially a monument . A monument is often a single shaft or column, as the Washington monument ; a mето- rial may be a commemorative structure, an illuminated window, a book, etc. A memorial is the more affectionate; monument , the more laudatory. Č. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated, p. 565. memorialise, v. t. See memorialize . memorialist (mē-mō'ri-al-ist), n. [F. mémo- rialiste = Sp. It. memorialist a ; as memorial + -ist.] 1. One who writes a memorial or memo- rials. They would have the commemoration of their actions be transmitted by the purest and most untainted memori- alists . Steele , Spectator, No. 188. 2. One who presents a memorial to a legislative or any other body, or to a person. memorialize (me-mo'ri-al-iz), v . t.; pret. and memorial (mē-mō'ri-al), a. and n. [ morial , memorial , F. mémorial = Sp. Pg. memorial = It. memoriale , memorial is , of or belonging to memory or remembrance, me- moria, memory: see memory.] I. a. 1. Pre- servative of memory; serving for commemo- ration: as, a memorial tablet; a memorial win- dow in a church. Thou Polymnya, On Parna that with thy sustres glade,... Syngest with vois memorial in the shade. rial +-ize.] 1. To present a memorial to; pe- titi on by memorial. The Senate of Ma achusetts refused to memorialize Congre for a female suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution. The American, VI. 173. 2. To commemorate. This latter work [the Annunciation] was executed for Bernardo Cavalcanti, one of the three commi ioners who represented the Republic on the entrance of the Floren- tine army into Pisa, which event it was intended to me- morialize . C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 94. Also spelled memorialise . Chaucer , Anelida and Arcite, 1. 18. memorial-stone (me-moʻri-al-ston), п. Same Last o'er the urn the sacred earth they spread, And raised the tomb, memorial of the dead. Pope , Iliad, xxiv. 1008. as corner - stone , 1. memoria technic a (mē-mō'ri-ä tekʼni-kä). [L.: see memory and technic .] Literally, technical The power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been as it were laid aside out of sight, is memory . Locke , Human Understanding, II. x. 2. In memory there is nece arily some contrast of past and present, in retentivene nothing but the persistence of the old.' J. Ward , Encyc. Brit., XX. 47. Every organ - indeed, every area and every element- of the nervous system has its own memory . G. T. Ladd, Physiol. Psychology, p. 553. 2. The fact of retaining such mental impres- sions; remembrance; mental hold on the past; retrospect; recollection. Hyr throte, as I have now memoyre , Semed a round towre of yvoyre. Is endeles in thi memorie . Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 252. memory I'll note you in my book of memory . A you sand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 4. 101. Milton , Comus, 1. 206. Writing by memory only, as I do at present, I would gladly keep within my depth. Swift , Improving the English Tongue. Men once world-noised, now mere O ian forms Of misty memory. Lowell , Aga iz, iv. 1. 3. Length of time included in the conscious experience or observation of an individual, a community, or any succe ion of persons; the period of time during which the acquisition of knowledge is po ible. How first this world and face of things began, And what before thy memory was done. Milton , P. L., vii. 637. 3706 Memphitic (mem-fit'ik), a. [L. Memphiticus, of Memphis or Egypt, The Memphitic and Theban versions of the New Testament. The Academy , March 17, 1888, p. 193. mem-sahib (mem'sä"ib), n. [Hind., тет , а form of E. ma'am , madam , + sahib , master, esp. applied to a European gentleman: see sahib .] In India, a European lady; the mistre of a household: so called by native servants. A great a emblage of Sahibs and Mem - sahibs had been held at Mr. B's in order to eat and drink wine, and dance together. W. H. Ru ell, Diary in India, II. 149. men (men), n. 1. Plural of man. -2t. A Middle English variant of man in indefinite use. men acc a nite, men acc an i tic. See menacha nite, men a chan i tic. whose begin The Gild of Str at ford-upon-Avon,... ning was from time whereunto the memory of man runneth not. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. xxiii. 4. The state of being remembered; continued presence in the minds or thoughts of men; re