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/rɪmˈɛmbərɪŋ/ /rimˈɛmbərɪŋ/ /rɪmˈɛmbrɪŋ/ /rimˈɛmbrɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Remember v. t. (past & past part. remembered; pres. part. remembering)

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."

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." "That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by." "Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste."

3.

To put in mind; to remind; also used reflexively and impersonally. (Obs.) "Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known." "My friends remembered me of home." "Remember you of passed heaviness." "And well thou wost (knowest) if it remember thee."

4.

To mention. (Obs.) "As in many cases hereafter to be remembered."

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 v. i. To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.

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Etymology of 'Remembering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remembering" Quotes from Famous Books

... set out together, through the darkness. The days were at the shortest, and Christmas would come the following week. Hallam and Amy looked forward with dread to the festival, remembering their mother had striven, even under disadvantages, to keep the holiday a bright one for her children. There had never been either many or costly gifts at Fairacres, but there had been something for each and all; and the home-made trifles were all the dearer because Salome's gentle fingers ...

— Reels and Spindles - A Story of Mill Life • Evelyn Raymond

... sorry to find you endorsing my opinion," replied Mrs. Drummond, thoughtfully. "I hoped you would say it was my fancy. He has not said anything to you that makes you uneasy?" with a touch of her old sharpness, remembering that Grace, and not she, was Archie's confidante; but Grace replied so quickly and decidedly, "Oh, no, mother; we have not exchanged a word together since he and Mattie arrived," that ...

— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey

... and punishment of a few of the offenders as a warning to the rest. But General Butler foresaw, what was afterwards proved in the case of Mrs. Larue, that the arrest of women would invariably provoke a street-disturbance, which might lead to bloodshed; he, therefore, remembering an old ordinance of the city of London, republished it in the form of the General Order which has gained so universal ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

... larger Yonder, There is a realm (or so one day I read) Where faithful spirits love-enchained may wander, Till some remembering soul from earth has fled. Then, reunited, they go forth afar, From sphere to sphere, where wondrous ...

— Poems of Progress • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... struck him full, outlining his agile, nervous shape against the sky, and in their intense red light, which flamed upon him, he appeared terrible. He looked like a panther about to spring; his eyes shone like a panther's, and Benita knew that she was the prey whom he desired. Still, remembering her resolution, she determined to show ...

— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard

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