Dictionary

memorate en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.

Meanings

1. an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
   • An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate. 1974, Linda Dégh, Andrew Vázsonyi, “The memorate and the proto-memorate”, in The Journal of American Folklore, volume 87, →DOI, page 232:

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memorate en · VERB

Etymology

From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) to commemorate
2. (obsolete) to memorize

Forms

Relateds

fabulate · memorandum · memory