remember
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorari (“to remember again”), from re- + memor (“mindful”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *(s)mer- (“to think about, be mindful, remember”). Cognate with Old English mimorian, mymerian (“to remember, commemorate”), Old English māmorian (“to deliberate, plan out, design”). More at mimmer and mammer. Compare also dialectical English umbethink.
etymology note
The success of the Old French word was helped by its proximity in sound and meaning to an existing Germanic word: Old English mimorian, mymerian (“to remember, commemorate”) from Proto-Germanic *mimrōną, *mīmrōną (“to remember, be mindful”), from the same Indo-European source, and is akin to Saterland Frisian miemerje (“to ponder, reflect”), Middle Low German mimeren (“to ponder, meditate”), Middle Dutch mimeren (“to reflect, think to oneself”) (Dutch mijmeren (“to muse, reflect deeply”)), Old English ġemimor (“mindful”), Old Norse Mímir, Mim (“Norse god of memory”), Old English māmrian (“to think out, design”). Related to mourn.
Displaced native Middle English ȝemuneȝen (“to remember”), from Old English ġemynegian (“to remember, remind”); Middle English minnen (“to remember, have in mind”), from Old Norse minna (“to remind”); Middle English munden, ȝemunden (“to bear in mind, remember”), from Old English ġemynd (“memory, remembrance”); Middle English ithenchen, ȝethenchen (“to think on, remember”), from Old English ġeþencan; Middle English manien (“to remind, mention, remember”), from Old English manian (“to admonish, remind, mention”).
Inflected forms:
form: remembers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: remembering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: remember
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: remember
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: remember
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: rememberest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: rememberedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: remembers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: remembereth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: remember
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: remember
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: remember
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: remembering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: remembered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: remembre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: 'member
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: rmb
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
pos: verb
examples: In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.
A man's vision reflects his memories. As I looked out on the nation from the President's Oval Office, my reflections included images burned deep in my mind for over a half a century. I remembered my father's concern for the tenant farmer and for the workers' need for collective bargaining. I remembered my mother's deep faith in the value of education. I remembered the pinched and hopeless look of poverty I saw on the faces of the Mexican-American children I had taught. I remembered the army of jobless and ragged men who rode grimy boxcars across our country during the Depression. These and a hundred other separate recollections of struggle and hope were all part of my heritage. They formed a portion of the background against which I developed the programs I felt America wanted and needed.
Spencer remembers the session as being 'as boring as beans'. A handful of copies of the record were pressed with the catalogue number Philles 111, and copies sent to both Sill and Finfer.
[…] take the Ginger Line overground from Canada Water to Penge West. So you'll be getting off the Tube, and taking the train. I know you're American, but can you remember that?
Remember me? I live in your building.
We have met twice this year and, during our first interview, Mata spoke evocatively when remembering how, having joined Real Oviedo aged 10 in 1998, he was given a previously unimaginable opportunity. Mata sat in a car park in 2003, when he was 14, and watched his father talking to a Real Madrid scout.
To heal, we must remember. It's hard sometimes to remember, but that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation.
When Maisie first met Danny, she remembers that he had an infectious laugh and a love for music.
gloss: To memorize; to put something into memory.
pos: verb
examples: Please remember this formula!
gloss: To keep in mind; to be mindful of.
pos: verb
examples: Remember what I've said.
gloss: To not forget (to do something required)
pos: verb
examples: Remember to lock the door when you go out.
gloss: To convey greetings from.
pos: verb
examples: Please remember me to your brother.
She asks to be remembered to you all.
Emil. Thanckes Sir; Remember me
To our all royall Brother, for whose speede
The great Bellona ile sollicite; and […]
gloss: To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
My friends remember'd me of home.
But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
Her set gaze gathered
gloss: To engage in the process of recalling memories.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
gloss: To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were often remembered on Boxing Day.
gloss: To commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Today we remember and honour those who have served.
Synonyms: recall
reminisce
retrieve
bear in mind
bethink
keep in mind
mind
recollect
remember
think back
umbethink
Antonyms: forget
remind
shut the door on
Related words: recollect
recollection
remind
bring back
ponder
regret
take back
slip someone's mind
memory
Derived words: disremember
for as long as one can remember
foreremembered
half-remember
I can't remember the last time
misremember
Pepperidge Farm remembers
recomember
rememberability
rememberable
rememberer
rememberingly
rememberize
remember like it was yesterday
remembersome
remembrance
reremember
unremember
unremembered
unremembering
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