memoriter

American  

[muh-mawr-i-ter, -ter, -mohr-] / məˈmɔr ɪ tər, -tɛr, -ˈmoʊr- /

adverb

1. by heart; by memory.

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adjective

1. involving or requiring memorization.

   the memoriter aspects of a college course.

Etymology

Origin of memoriter

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin, equivalent to memori- (stem of memor “mindful of, remembering” ) + -ter adverb suffix

Example Sentences

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memoriter

The Druids on the continent never committed their mysteries to writing, but taught their pupils memoriter.

From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John

The hypothesis that Clement's quotation is made memoriter from our Gospel is very far from being inadmissible.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

The great objection to memoriter speaking is that it limits and handicaps the speaker.

From Successful Methods of Public Speaking by Kleiser, Grenville

But Johnson cried, "No, no!" repeated the whole sonnet instantly, memoriter, and shewed it us in Newton's book.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

The first instance might illustrate the muscular method of learning history; the second, the memoriter method of reasoning in mathematics.

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)