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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishremembren, fromOld Frenchremembrer(“to remember”), fromLate Latinrememorari(“to remember again”), fromre- +memor(“mindful”), fromProto-Indo-European*mer-,*(s)mer-(“to think about, be mindful, remember”). Cognate withOld Englishmimorian,mymerian(“to remember, commemorate”),Old Englishmāmorian(“to deliberate, plan out, design”). More atmammer.

etymology note

The success of theOld French word was helped by its proximity in sound and meaning to an existing Germanic word:Old Englishmimorian,mymerian(“to remember, commemorate”) fromProto-Germanic*mimrōną,*mīmrōną(“to remember, be mindful”), from the same Indo-European source, and is akin toSaterland Frisianmiemerje(“to ponder, reflect”),Middle Low Germanmimeren(“to ponder, meditate”),Middle Dutchmimeren(“to reflect, think to oneself”) (Dutchmijmeren(“to muse, reflect deeply”)),Old Englishġemimor(“mindful”),Old NorseMímir,Mim(“Norse god of memory”),Old Englishmāmrian(“to think out, design”). Related tomourn.

Displaced nativeMiddle Englishȝemuneȝen(“to remember”), fromOld Englishġemynegian(“to remember, remind”);Middle Englishminnen(“to remember, have in mind”), fromOld Norseminna(“to remind”);Middle Englishmunden,ȝemunden(“to bear in mind, remember”), fromOld Englishġemynd(“memory, remembrance”);Middle Englishithenchen,ȝethenchen(“to think on, remember”), fromOld Englishġeþencan;Middle Englishmanien(“to remind, mention, remember”), fromOld Englishmanian(“to admonish, remind, mention”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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remember (third-person singular simple presentremembers,present participleremembering,simple past and past participleremembered)

  1. Torecall from one'smemory; to have an image in one's memory.
    Synonym:think
    • 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, inGraham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion‎[1], page266:
      In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 6, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      […] Iremember 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”.
    • 1971,Lyndon Johnson,The Vantage Point‎[2],Holt, Reinhart & Winston,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page104:
      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. Iremembered my father's concern for the tenant farmer and for the workers' need for collective bargaining. Iremembered my mother's deep faith in the value of education. Iremembered the pinched and hopeless look of poverty I saw on the faces of the Mexican-American children I had taught. Iremembered 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.
    • 2012, Mick Brown,Tearing Down The Wall of Sound: The Rise And Fall of Phil Spector:
      Spencerremembers 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.
    • 2015, Orren Merton,The Dawning of Firebird Alex:
      […] 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 youremember that?
    • 2016,VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Remember me? I live in your building.
    • 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:
      We have met twice this year and, during our first interview, Mata spoke evocatively whenremembering 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.
    • 2021, PresidentJoe Biden,(Please provide the book title or journal name):
      To heal, we mustremember. It's hard sometimes toremember, but that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation.
    • 2024 November 20, Fortesa Latifi, “How These Men Left the Manosphere — and Why Some May Never”, inTeen Vogue‎[4]:
      When Maisie first met Danny, sheremembers that he had an infectious laugh and a love for music.
  2. Tomemorize; to put something into memory.
    Synonym:retain
    Pleaseremember this formula!
  3. Tokeep in mind; to bemindfulof.
    Synonym:mind
    Remember what I've said.
  4. To not forget (to do something required)
    Remember to lock the door when you go out.
  5. Toconvey greetings from.
    Pleaseremember me to your brother.
    She asks to beremembered to you all.
  6. (obsolete) Toput in mind; toremind (also used reflexively).
  7. (intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.
    You don't have to remind him; heremembers very well.
  8. (transitive) To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
    My auntremembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
    • 2003,Little Visits 365 Family Devotions: Building Faith for a Lifetime, Concordia Publishing House:
      Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were oftenremembered on Boxing Day.
  9. (transitive) Tocommemorate, to have aremembranceceremony.
    Today weremember and honour those who have served.
Usage notes
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Conjugation
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Conjugation ofremember
infinitive(to)remember
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularrememberremembered
2nd-personsingularremember,rememberest†remembered,rememberedst†
3rd-personsingularremembers,remembereth†remembered
pluralremember
subjunctiverememberremembered
imperativeremember—
participlesrememberingremembered
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Descendants
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Translations
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to recall from one's memory
to memorize
to not forget to do something required
to convey greetings
to give (a person) money as a token of appreciation
to have a remembrance ceremony
(obsolete) to remind—seeremind
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See also

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Etymology 2

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    Fromre- +‎member.

    Verb

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    remember (third-person singular simple presentremembers,present participleremembering,simple past and past participleremembered)

    1. (rare)Alternative form ofre-member.
      • 1982,Book Review Digest, volume78, page824:
        knit 'this scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, / these broken limbs again into one body' - in other words, how to resurrect the dismembered god, toremember Osiris. Yet the only body made whole in these expert, lowering poems is the body of this death.
      • 2008, Jan Assmann,Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism, page42:
        According to these mysteries, the rites of fashioning orremembering Osiris came to be interpreted asremembering Egypt. Egypt was the body of Osiris, dismembered and scattered across the land.
      • 2010, Sandra Ingerman,Medicine for the Earth, page100:
        Sheremembered Osiris by putting his pieces back together and mating with him one last time, conceiving Horus, who eventually avenged his father's death.
      • 2012, Roy Melvyn,The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin: Pointers to Non Duality in Five Volumes, Lulu Press, Inc,→ISBN:
        To dismember is to tear apart; / To re-member is to put back together. / The old must be dismembered / So that which was prior to it / May beremembered. / Therefore, to re-mind is / To dismember and then re-member.
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    Etymology

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    FromEnglishremember.

    Noun

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    remember m (pluralremembers)

    1. (informal) The act of having sex with one'sex.
      E aí, soube que você encontrou a Andreia. Rolou umremember?
      What's up, I heard you met up with Andreia. Did youhook up?
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