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re⋅mem⋅ber

[ri-mem-ber]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of again: I'll try to remember the exact date.

2.	to retain in the memory; keep in mind; remain aware of: Remember your appointment with the dentist.

3.	to have (something) come into the mind again: I just remembered that it's your birthday today.

4.	to bear (a person) in mind as deserving a gift, reward, or fee: The company always remembers us at Christmas.

5.	to give a tip, donation, or gift to: to remember the needy.

6.	to mention (a person) to another as sending kindly greetings: Remember me to your family.

7.	(of an appliance, computer, etc.) to perform (a programmed activity) at a later time or according to a preset schedule: The coffeepot remembers to start the coffee at 7 a.m. every day.

8.	Archaic. to remind.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to possess or exercise the faculty of memory.

10.	to have recollection (sometimes fol. by of): The old man remembers of his youth.

Origin:
1300–50; ME remembren < OF remembrer < LL rememorārī, equiv. to re- re- + L memor mindful (see memory ) + -ārī inf. suffix

Related forms:

re⋅mem⋅ber⋅a⋅ble, adjective

re⋅mem⋅ber⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. Remember, recall, recollect refer to bringing back before the conscious mind things which exist in the memory. Remember implies that a thing exists in the memory, though not actually present in the thoughts at the moment: to remember the days of one's childhood. Recall implies a voluntary effort, though not a great one: to recall the words of a song. Recollect implies an earnest voluntary effort to remember some definite, desired fact or thing: I cannot recollect the exact circumstances.

Antonyms:
1, 2. forget.

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re·mem·ber (rĭ-měm'bər)

v. re·mem·bered, re·mem·ber·ing, re·mem·bers

v. tr.

1. To recall to the mind with effort; think of again: I finally remembered the address.
2. To recall or become aware of suddenly or spontaneously: Then I remembered that today is your birthday.
To retain in the memory: Remember your appointment.
To keep (someone) in mind as worthy of consideration or recognition.
To reward with a gift or tip.
To give greetings from: Remember me to your family.
Engineering To return to (an original shape or form) after being deformed or altered.
Electronics To carry out (a programmed or preset activity).
Archaic To remind.

v. intr.
To have or use the power of memory.

[Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer, from Latin rememorārī, to remember again : re-, re- + memor, mindful; see (s)mer-¹ in Indo-European roots.]
re·mem'ber·a·bil'i·ty n., re·mem'ber·a·ble adj., re·mem'ber·er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to bring an image or a thought back to the mind: can't remember his name; recalling her kindness; recollected the events leading to the accident.
Antonym: forget

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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.

3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] "Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known." --Milton.

My friends remembered me of home. --Chapman.

Remember you of passed heaviness. --Chaucer.

And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. --Chaucer.

4. To mention. [Obs.] "As in many cases hereafter to be remembered." --Ayliffe.

5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.

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.

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Language Translation for : remember

Spanish: recordar, acordarse de,

German: sich erinnern an,

Japanese: 思い出す

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remember

c.1300, from O.Fr. remembrer (11c.), from L. rememorari "recall to mind, remember," from re- "again" + memorari "be mindful of," from memor "mindful" (see memory). Replaced native gemunan. The noun remembrance in the sense of "keepsake, souvenir" is recorded from 1425. Remembrance Day, the Sunday nearest Nov. 11 (originally in memory of the dead of World War I) is attested from 1921.

remember re·mem·ber (rĭ-měm'bər)
v. re·mem·bered, re·mem·ber·ing, re·mem·bers

To recall to the mind; think of again.
To retain in the memory.
To return to an original shape or form after being deformed or altered.

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