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"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv. Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies.

Worthy to be commemorated.

Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson.

at on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation. "So vast an epoch of time." F. Harrison. The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two…

The quality or state of being memorable.

[Scot.] Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott.

Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

make them often. South. He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. Macaulay.

Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence. As signal now in low, dejected state As erst in highest, behold him where he lies. Milton.

e pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions. Fuller. The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. Locke.