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The quality or state of being memorable.

Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. -- Mem"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv. Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies.

A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds.

To commemorate. [Obs.]

Commemorative. [Obs.] Hammond.

Memory. Memoria technica, technical memory; a contrivance for aiding the memory.

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building. There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. Pope.

A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States; Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday in most of the States. In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is:…

ith creeping branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is often planted in cemeteries.

One who writes or signs a memorial.

To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. T. Hook.

One who petitions by a memorial. T. Hook.

One who, or that which, causes to be remembered. [Obs.]

By, or from, memory.

To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record. [Obs.] They neglect to memorize their conquest. Spenser. They meant to . . . memorize another Golgotha. Shak.

the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Memory is the purveyor of reason. Rambler.

Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.

singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Men moot give silver to the poure triars. Chaucer. A privy thief, men clepeth death. Chaucer.

One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6.

ly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite.