Hypertext Webster Gateway: "remember"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

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.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx.
8.

That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And
something over to remember me by. --Shak.

Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Remember \Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), v. i.
To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember
better than others. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

remember
v 1: 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" [syn: {retrieve}, {recall}, {call back}, {call
up}, {recollect}, {remind}, {think}] [ant: {forget}]
2: keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the
Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think
of the starving children in India!" [syn: {think of}]
[ant: {forget}]
3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how
he used to pick flowers" [syn: {think back}]
4: show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will" [syn:
{reward}]
5: mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your
prayers"
6: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;
"Remember me to your wife" [syn: {commend}]
7: exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling,
many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember
better than others"
8: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or
something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the
dead of the First World War" [syn: {commemorate}]


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