memorate

English

Alternative forms

• memorat

Etymology

From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.

Noun

memorate (plural memorates)

1. (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, →DOI, page 232:

     An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate.

Verb

1. (obsolete) to commemorate
2. (obsolete) to memorize

Related terms

• fabulate
• memorandum
• memory

 

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.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memorˈate/
• Rhymes: -ate

Adverb

memorate

1. present adverbial passive participle of memori

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memoˈrate/

Verb

memorate

1. adverbial present passive participle of memorar

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Interlingua

Participle

memorate

1. past participle of memorar

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) memorāte

1. vocative masculine singular of memorātus

Verb

1. imperative second-person plural of memoro