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memoriter

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

adverb

  1. by heart; by memory.

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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Next came the influence of the Bible, although it was plain that this was rather in spite of the catechism and the method of memoriter work.

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

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

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