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To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind. Locke.

possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. Macaulay.

r forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.

les, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.

dviser. An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor and the protector of his memory. A. Murphy.

ts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden.

To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.

Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.

To make a note or memorandum of. I have itemed it in my memory. Addison.

sad . . . smile at no man's jests. Shak. The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Sheridan.

To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.

shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. Every house was proud to lodge a knight. Dryden. The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time. Cheyne.

A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir. Seasonable mementos may be useful. Bacon.

A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.

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.

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

Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

By, or from, memory.

To commit to memory; to learn by heart.

Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc. To have a mind or great mind, to be inclined or strongly inclined in purpose; -- used with an infinitive. "Sir Roger de Coverly... told me that he had a great mind to see the new tragedy with me." Addison. -- To lose…