memorate
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.
Noun
memorate (plural memorates)
- (folklore) an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- 1974, Linda Dégh and Andrew Vázsonyi, “The memorate and the proto-memorate”, in The Journal of American Folklore, volume 87, , page 232:
- An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate.
Verb
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- (obsolete) to commemorate
- (obsolete) to memorize
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Further reading
- “memorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “memorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
memorate
- present adverbial passive participle of memori
Ido
Pronunciation
Verb
memorate
- adverbial present passive participle of memorar
Interlingua
Participle
memorate
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) memorāte
Verb
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