memorise
Meaningto commit to memory
Common meaning: to learn by heart
- memormindful; to rememberLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1130 · scan
- iseverb ending: to make, to do
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin memor; meminī ‘mindful; to remember’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry memor, p. 1130 · dictionary scan
Roots
- memor; meminī Latin “mindful; to remember”
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