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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (8)

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
- Example: "I can't remember saying any such thing"
- Example: "I can't think what her last name was"
- Example: "can you remember her phone number?"
- Example: "Do you remember that he once loved you?"
- Example: "call up memories"
[syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think]

2. keep in mind for attention or consideration;
- Example: "Remember the Alamo"
- Example: "Remember to call your mother every day!"
- Example: "Think of the starving children in India!"
[syn: remember, think of]

3. recapture the past; indulge in memories;
- Example: "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"
[syn: remember, think back]

4. show appreciation to;
- Example: "He remembered her in his will"

5. mention favorably, as in prayer;
- Example: "remember me in your prayers"

6. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;
- Example: "Remember me to your wife"
[syn: commend, remember]

7. exercise, or have the power of, memory;
- Example: "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"
- Example: "some remember better than others"

8. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony;
- Example: "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"
- Example: "Remember the dead of the First World War"
[syn: commemorate, remember]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx. 8. [1913 Webster] That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] "Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known." --Milton. [1913 Webster] My friends remembered me of home. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Remember you of passed heaviness. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 4. To mention. [Obs.] "As in many cases hereafter to be remembered." --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, 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: remember, think of] [ant: bury, forget] 3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" [syn: remember, think back] 4: show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will" 5: mention favorably, 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, remember] 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, remember]