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memory

Roget category 505

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.6. Extension of thought
›› 4.6.1. To the past

#505. Memory

noun

memory, remembranceretention, retentivenesstenacityveteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]tablets of the memoryreadiness.
reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememorationrecurrence, flashbackretrospect, retrospection.
afterthought, post script, PS.
suggestion etc. (information) 527prompting etc. v. — hint, reminderremembrancer, flappermemorial etc. (record) 551commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.
[written reminder] note, memo, memorandumthings to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia.
art of memory, artificial memorymemoria technica [Lat.]mnemonics, mnemotechnicsphrenotypicsMnemosyne.
prompt-bookcrib sheet, cheat sheet.
retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollectionperfect memory, total recall.
celebrity, fame, renown, reputation etc. (repute) 873.

verb

remember, mindretain the memory of, retain the remembrance ofkeep in view.
recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retracelook back, trace back, trace backwardsthink back, look back uponreviewcall upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrancecarry one's thoughts backrake up the past.
have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrancebe in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory.
sink in the mindrun in the headnot be able to get out of one's head be deeply impressed withrankle etc. (revenge) 919.
recur to the mindflash on the mind, flash across the memory.
[cause to remember] remindsuggest etc. (inform ) 527promptput in mind, keep in mind, bring to mindfan the emberscall up, summon up, rip uprenewinfandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memorypull by the sleevebring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize.
task the memory, tax the memory.
get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's fingers', know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rotesay one's lessonrepeat, repeat as a parrothave at one's fingers' ends, have at one's finger tipscommit to memory, memorizecon over, confix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memoryload the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the memory with.
redeem from oblivionkeep the memory alive, keep the wound green, pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds'tangere ulcus [Lat.]keep up the memory ofcommemorate etc. (celebrate) 883.
make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum etc. (record) 551.

adjective

remembering, remembered etc. v. — mindful, reminiscentialretained in the memory etc. v. — pent up in one's memoryfresh green, green in remembranceunforgotten, present to the mindwithin one's memory etc. n. — indelibleuppermost in one's thoughtsmemorable etc. (important) 642.

adverb

by heart, by rotewithout book, memoriter.
in memory ofin memoriammemoria in aeterna [Lat.]suggestive.

phrase

manet alta mente repostum [Lat.] [Vergil]; forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit [Lat.] [Vergil]; absens haeres non erit [Lat.]beatae memoriae [Lat.]briefly thyself remember" [Lear]; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Lat.] [Quintilian]; memory the warder of the brain" [Macbeth]; parsque est meminisse doloris [Lat.] [Ovid]; to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die" [Campbell]; vox audita peril littera scripta manet [Lat.]out of sight, out of mind.

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