memorate

English

Alternative forms

• memorat

Etymology

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

Noun

memorate (plural memorates)

1. (folklore) an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
   • 1974, Linda Dégh, Andrew Vázsonyi, “The memorate and the proto-memorate”, in The Journal of American Folklore, volume 87, →DOI, page 232:

     An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate.

Verb

memorate (third-person singular simple present memorates, present participle memorating, simple past and past participle memorated)

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

Related terms

• fabulate
• memorandum
• memory

 

Further reading

• “memorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “memorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memorˈate/
• Rhymes: -ate

Adverb

memorate

1. present adverbial passive participle of memori

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memoˈrate/

Verb

memorate

1. adverbial present passive participle of memorar

Interlingua

Participle

memorate

1. past participle of memorar

Latin

Participle

memorāte

1. vocative masculine singular of memorātus

Verb

memorāte

1. imperative second-person plural of memoro

Spanish

Verb

memorate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of memorar combined with te