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‖n., or . A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. commemorabilis. ] Worthy to be commemorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating. ] [ L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory. ] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

Syn. -- See Celebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.
Syn. -- commemorative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. commemoratio. ] 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or intended to commemorate; as, a commemorative plaque. “A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. something that commemorates, especially a postage stamp or coin having a design commemorating some event, person, institution, etc. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. ] One who commemorates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to commemorate; commemorative. Bp. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismembered p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering. ] [ OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member. ] 1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of membership. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.

Syn. -- To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement. ] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m&unr_;tilation; division; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to keep in mind, consider; &unr_; in + &unr_; mind, soul. ] (Logic) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable. ] Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial. ] Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. “Immemorial elms.” Tennyson. “Immemorial usage or custom.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond “legal memory” so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be liable to impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Beyond memory. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Computers) The memory in a computer that holds programs and data for rapid access during execution of a program; it usually hold the largest quantity of rapid-access storage in a computer; -- also called RAM (random access memory. It is contrasted to ROM, disk data storage, cache, registers and other forms of data storage. [ PJC ]

n. the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Remember. ] To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf. Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. Rom. xii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as: (a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse. (b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. (c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. (d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. (e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. (f) (Math.) one of the elements which, taken together, comprise a set. (g) (Math.) one of the individual objects which comprise a group or class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Compression member,
Tension member (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of members, as of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Relating to a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. membranaceus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Same as Membranous. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See Member. ] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adventitious membrane, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix. --
Jacob's membrane. See under Retina. --
Mucous membranes (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus. --
Schneiderian membrane. (Anat.) See Schneiderian. --
Serous membranes (Anat.) , the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. membraneus of parchment. ] See Membranous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Membrane + -ferous. ] Having or producing membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Membrane + -form: cf. F. membraniforme. ] Having the form of a membrane or of parchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Membrane + -logy. ] The science which treats of membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. membraneux. ] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Membranaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mementos [ L., remember, be mindful, imper. of meminisse to remember. See Mention. ] A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seasonable mementos may be useful. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] Lit., remember to die, i.e., that you must die; a warning to be prepared for death; an object, as a death's-head or a personal ornament, usually emblematic, used as a reminder of death. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Zool.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;, lit., the Steadfast, Resolute, the son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians, killed by Achilles. ] (Antiq.) A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of memoirs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or pl. , n. [ F. mémoire, m., memorandum, fr. mémoire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory. ] 1. 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 History, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L., fr. memorabilis memorable. See Memorable. ] 1. Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mementos of past events; souvenirs. [ PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being memorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. memorabilis, fr. memorare to bring to remembrance, fr. memor mindful, remembering. See Memory, and cf. Memorabilia. ] Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. -- Mem"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surviving fame to gain,
Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Memorandums, L. Memoranda [ L., something to be remembered, neut. of memorandus, fut. pass. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memorandum check, a check given as an acknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the understanding that it will not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on its face. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. memoratus, p. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] To commemorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mémoratif. ] Commemorative. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memoria technica, technical memory; a contrivance for aiding the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]