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<i>Hayward.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Memory; remembrance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Precious is the <b>memorial</b> of the just. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Diplomacy)</fld> <def>A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.</def>

<h1>Memorialist</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Me*mo"ri*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82morialiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who writes or signs a memorial.</def>

<h1>Memorialize</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Me*mo"ri*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Memorialized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Memorializing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; <as>as, to <ex>memorialize</ex> the legislature</as>.</def>

<i>T. Hook.</i>

<h1>Memorializer</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Me*mo"ri*al*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who petitions by a memorial.</def>

<i>T. Hook.</i>

<h1>Memorist</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"o*rist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Memorize</er>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, causes to be remembered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Memoriter</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Me*mor"i*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>memor</ets> mindful. See <er>Memorable</er>.]</ety> <def>By, or from, memory.</def>

<h1>Memorize</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"o*rize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Memorized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Memorizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Memory</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They neglect to <b>memorize</b> their conquest. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They meant to . . . <b>memorize</b> another Golgotha. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To commit to memory; to learn by heart.</def>

<h1>Memory</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mem"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Memories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>memorie</ets>, OF. <ets>memoire</ets>, <ets>memorie</ets>, F. <ets>m\'82moire</ets>, L. <ets>memoria</ets>, fr. <ets>memor</ets> mindful; cf. <ets>mora</ets> delay. Cf. <er>Demur</er>, <er>Martyr</er>, <er>Memoir</er>, <er>Remember</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.</def>

<blockquote><b>Memory</b> is the purveyor of reason. <i>Rambler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; <as>as, his <ex>memory</ex> was never wrong</as>.</def>