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 old memoriter work was greatly reduced, and in its place an emotional and political emphasis was given to the religious instruction.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

Of course the recitations in such a case must be memoriter.

From The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Abbott, Jacob

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

Nor does he preach memoriter, as far as the language of his addresses is concerned.

From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville