Part 6952

<h1>Membranology</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem`bra*nol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Membrane</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of membranes.</def>

<h1>Membranous</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"bra*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>membraneux</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; <as>as, a <ex>membranous</ex> covering or lining</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Membranaceous.</def>

<cs><col>Membranous croup</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>true croup. See <er>Croup</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Memento</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Me*men"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mementos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., remember, be mindful, imper. of <ets>meminisse</ets> to remember. See <er>Mention</er>.]</ety> <def>A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.</def>

<blockquote>Seasonable <b>mementos</b> may be useful. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meminna</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Me*min"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.</def>

<h1>Memnon</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"non</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., from Gr. <?/, lit., the Steadfast, Resolute, the son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians, killed by Achilles.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.</def>

<h1>Memoir, or <pluf>pl.</pluf> Memoirs</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw><hw>Mem"oir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <pluf>pl.</pluf> <hw>Mem"oirs</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82moire</ets>, m., memorandum, fr. <ets>m\'82moire</ets>, f., memory, L. <ets>memoria</ets>. See <er>Memory</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <er>History</er>, 2.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.</def>

<h1>Memoirist</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"oir*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of memoirs.</def>

<h1>Memorabilia</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem`o*ra*bil"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>memorabilis</ets> memorable. See <er>Memorable</er>.]</ety> <def>Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.</def>

<h1>Memorability</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem`o*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being memorable.</def>

<h1>Memorable</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"o*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>memorabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>memorare</ets> to bring to remembrance, fr. <ets>memor</ets> mindful, remembering. See <er>Memory</er>, and cf. <er>Memorabilia</er>.]</ety> <def>Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mem"o*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Mem"o*ra*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by <b>memorable</b> deeds. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Memorandum</h1> <Xpage=911>