memorize
to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
to learn by heart: I've always been able to memorize easily.
Origin of memorize
1- Also especially British, mem·o·rise .
Other words from memorize
- mem·o·riz·a·ble, adjective
- mem·o·ri·za·tion, noun
- mem·o·riz·er, noun
- re·mem·o·rize, verb (used with object), re·mem·o·rized, re·mem·o·riz·ing.
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How to use memorize in a sentence
A story or narrative is invented for the purpose of helping the student, as it is claimed, to memorise it.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In a similar manner, the pupil can memorise the three remaining stanzas.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)If you memorise the Correlation, you will recall the Name whenever you think of this Peculiarity (whatever struck you about him).
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Then, when the book is finished, go through and transcribe or memorise such passages as are thus marked.
The Private Library | Arthur L. HumphreysTo some it is an easier method than the cards, there is less to memorise, or the crystal.
Telling Fortunes by Tea Leaves | Cicely Kent
British Dictionary definitions for memorize
memorise
/ (ˈmɛməˌraɪz) /
(tr) to commit to memory; learn so as to remember
Derived forms of memorize
- memorizable or memorisable, adjective
- memorization or memorisation, noun
- memorizer or memoriser, noun
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