memorate
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.
Noun[edit]
memorate (plural memorates)
- (folklore) an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- 1974, Linda Dégh, Andrew Vázsonyi, “The memorate and the proto-memorate”, in The Journal of American Folklore, volume 87, , page 232:
- An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate.
Verb[edit]
memorate (third-person singular simple present memorates, present participle memorating, simple past and past participle memorated)
- (obsolete) to commemorate
- (obsolete) to memorize
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Further reading[edit]
- “memorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “memorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
memorate
- present adverbial passive participle of memori
Ido[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
memorate
- adverbial present passive participle of memorar
Interlingua[edit]
Participle[edit]
memorate
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
memorāte
Verb[edit]
memorāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
memorate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of memorar combined with te
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