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memorize(dictionary)
memorize(dictionary)

memorize (iou)



memorize verb. Also memorise. L16.
[from MEMORY + -IZE.]
verb trans. Keep alive the memory or recollection of; cause to be remembered, make memorable. Now rare. L16.
verb trans. Perpetuate the memory of in writing; relate, record, mention. Now rare. L16.
verb trans. Commit to memory, learn by heart. M19.
B. Pym Groping for the light switch, whose position he had not yet memorized perfectly. G. Naylor The great slave poet, Jupiter Hammon, who memorized thousands of verses.
verb intrans. Learn things by heart. L19.
memorizable adjective L19.
memori'zation noun L19.
memorizer noun M19.