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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remember \Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remembered} (-b?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Remembering}.] [OF. remebrer L. rememorari pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See {Memory}, and cf {Rememorate}.] 1. To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again as previously perceived, known or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of to bring to mind again to think of again to recollect; as I remember the fact he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates. We are said to remember anything when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before --I. Watts. 2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. --Ex. xx 8. That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by --Shak. Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remember \Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), v. i. To execise or have the power of memory; as some remember better than others --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: remember v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection: "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?" "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: {retrieve}, {recall}, {call back}, {call up}, {recollect}, {remind}, {think}] [ant: {forget}] 2: keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" [syn: {think of}] [ant: {forget}] 3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" [syn: {think back}] 4: show appreciation to "He remembered her in his will" [syn: {reward}] 5: mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers" 6: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" [syn: {commend}] 7: exercise, or have the power of memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" 8: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [syn: {commemorate}]
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