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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.

Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [R.]

Not moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not in the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical.

To recall something by means of memory; to remember. [Obs.] Bryskett.

A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. [Obs. & R.] Bp. Montagu.

Tending or serving to remind. [R.]

Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.

To hinder; to delay. [Obs.] Johnson.

Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral. -- Un`mo*ral"i*ty, n.

Not restrained or tutored by morality. Norris.

The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. "The aberration of youth." Hall. "Aberrations from theory." Burke.

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send reli…

Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. The abysses of metaphysical theology. Macaulay. In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. Burke.

ious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.

To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.

, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.

Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.