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remember, v.1|rɪˈmɛmbə(r)|
Forms: 4–6 remembre, (5 -menbre), 5–6 remembyr, (5 -bur, 6 -bar, Sc. -bir), 6– remember, (6 Sc. ra-).
[ad. OF. remembrer (11th c.), = Prov. and Sp. remembrar, It. rimembrar:—late L. rememorārī, f. re- re- + memor mindful: see rememorate v.]
I.
1. a. trans. To retain in, or recall to, the memory; to bear in mind, recollect (a thing, person, fact, event, saying, etc.). Also transf. Cf. memory n. 1 c, d, 2 d.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 327 Edward may remembre þe trauaile & þe pyn. 1382Wyclif Tobit ii. 6 Remembrende that woord, that the Lorde seide by Amos. c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 154 Remembre your name was wont to be egall. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop i. xviii, Euer I shal remembre the grace whiche thou hast done to me. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 80 b, They should remembre themselves to be earth and asshes. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. 217 A thing that no man could remember done since Dioclesian and Aristobulus time. 1678Bunyan Pilgr. i. (1900) 35 Let this mans misery be remembred by thee. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 26 ⁋2, I was..left by my father, whom I cannot remember, to the care of an uncle. 1833Tennyson Dream Fair Women xx, The times when I remember to have been Joyful. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 130 We must remember the place held by Parmenides in the history of Greek philosophy. 1933Boys' Mag. XLVII. 170/1 If two cars pass over the detectors simultaneously then right of way is given to one and the arrival of the other is ‘remembered’, the right of way being accorded to it as soon as the first is safely through. 1958Engineering 21 Mar. 358/1 Upon playback the machine ‘remembers’ the original picture without loss of detail. 1980‘D. Rutherford’ Turbo ix. 130 They bend on impact instead of breaking but the material remembers its original shape and goes back to it.
fig.1732Pope Hor. Sat. ii. ii. 73 The stomach..Remembers oft the School-boy's simple fare. 1833Tennyson Two Voices 423 My frozen heart began to beat, Remembering its ancient heat.
b. With inf. To bear in mind, not to forget, to do something.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 12 Remembryng the highe lord to queme. 1461Paston Lett. II. 27 Remembre to take a wryht to chese crowneres in Norffolk. 1535Lyndesay Satyre 3054 My Lords,..Remember to reforme the consistorie. 1610Shakes. Temp. iii. ii. 99 Remember First to possesse his Bookes. 1733–4Berkeley in Fraser Life vi. 218 You will also remember to take bonds for the money. 1781Cowper Conversat. 103 But still remember..To press your point with modesty and ease.
†c. Const. with oneself. Obs. rare.
1563B. Googe Eglogs, etc. (Arb.) 86 As ofte as I remembre with my self, The Fancies fonde [etc.]. 1613Day Festivals viii. (1615) 240 That you remember with your selves, who it is that hath made you Fathers of Children.
†d. remember your courtesy, be covered. Obs.
(The precise origin of the phrase is not clear; compare leave your courtesy in Mids. N. iv. i. 21, and the following passage: c1560Wever Lusty Juventus C ij, Well sayd maister doctor... I pray you be remembred, and couer your head.)
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 103, I doe beseech thee remember thy curtesie. I beseech thee apparell thy head. [Cf. Haml. v. ii. 108.] 1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. i. i, Pray you remember your court'sy..Nay, pray you be covered.
2. a. To think of, recall the memory of (a person) with some kind of feeling or intention.
1382Wyclif Isa. lxii. 6 Ȝee that remembren the Lorde, ne beth stille. 1490Caxton Eneydos xix. 69 So shall I remembre elysse as longe as lyffe shall abyde wythin me. 1535Coverdale Eccl. xii. 1 Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersite come. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 314 We must also remember the dead. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 434 Yet he at length..Remembring Abraham by some wond'rous call May bring them back. 1791Burns Lament for Glencairn x, I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me! 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 111, I will do thee an act of kindness for which I shall be remembered.
b. To bear (a person) in mind as entitled to a gift, recompence, or fee, or in making one's will; hence, to fee, reward, ‘tip’.
1470Paston Lett. II. 407 Also my brother Edmonde is not yet remembryd. He hathe not to lyff with, thynk on hym. 1563Bp. Sandys in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 195 This Contrie..bringith nothing forth fitt to remember youe withall. 1599Aberdeen Regr. (1848) II. 188 The..counsall..lykvayes ordanis Mr. Peter Blakburne, minister, to be rememberit for the interteneing of the said Mr. George. 1605Shakes. Macb. ii. iii. 23 Anon, anon, I pray you remember the Porter. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xi. 93 He assured the hostler, that he would remember him the next day. 1871Punch 16 Sept. 113/1 Mr. Keane Hunter is manœuvring to be remembered in Alderman W.'s will.
†3.
a. To record, mention, make mention of (a thing, person, etc.). Obs. (common c 1430–1660).
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 73 Remembryd by scriptures we fynde and rede, Holsum and holy it is to thynke and pray. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 261/1 Her deth and..her assumpcion wherof the Scripture remembryth no thynge. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 963/2 About the same time that the armie before remembred, was set forward into Scotland. 1620–55I. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 4 History hath not remembred the Ruins of any ancient Buildings digged up in Anglesey. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare. Cl. 62 The Carians possessed the Sea. Their Sea-Dominion is remembred by Diodorus Siculus. 1749Fielding Tom Jones iii. iv, That phenomenon in the face of the former which we have above remembered.
†b. To commemorate. Obs.
1430–40Lydg. Bochas i. xiv. (1554) 30 This knightly man..Set up pillers for a memoriall Which remembred his conquests. 1535Coverdale Numb. v. 15 It is..an offeringe of remembraunce, that remembreth synne. 1610Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 405 The Ditty do's remember my drown'd father. 1658Whole Duty Man iii. §17 His mercies, especially those remembred in the Sacrament, his giving Christ to die for us.
†c. To mention by way of reminder. Obs. rare.
1621H. Elsing Debates Ho. Lords (Camden) 36 L. Ch. Justice moved whether to proceed against Michell,..and remembred the message to the Lower House to sytt as a House this afternoone.
d. To (have mind of and) mention (a person, his condition, etc.) in prayer.
1602Shakes. Ham. iii. i. 90 Nimph, in thy Orisons Be all my sins rememberd. 1613― Hen. VIII, v. i. 73 In thy Prayres remember Th' estate of my poore Queene. 1836Simeon in Carus Life (1847) xxxiii. 794, I intreat the favour of you to remember at the throne of grace one, who [etc.].
4. a. absol. or intr. To have or bear in mind; to recall to the mind; also, to exercise or possess the faculty of memory. Also with about.
1390Gower Conf. III. 122 Which yifth men cause to remembre, If any Sor be left behinde. 14..Tundale's Vis., etc. (1843) 101 In verrey sothe, as I remembur can. 1548Elyot, s.v. Memoria, Sens any manne coulde remembre. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. i. 258 That shallow vassall..which as I remember, hight Costard. a1631Donne Poems (1650) 22 So, in forgetting thou remembrest right. 1690Locke Hum. Und. i. iv. §20 To remember is to perceive any thing with memory, or with a consciousness, that it was known or perceived before. 1752Gray Lett., to Walpole (1900) I. 219 As I remember, there were certain low chairs, that looked like ebony. 1812Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) I. 336 Beasts and babies remember, that is, recognize: man alone recollects. 1819Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 561 Past ages crowd on thee, but each one remembers. 1847G. P. R. James Whim III. ix. 164 Remember about the burning of the will. 1891W. Morris News fr. Nowhere ix. 67, I do remember about that strange piece of baseless folly. 1919G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House i. 9 Nurse. Youve actually remembered about the tea! (To Ellie) O, miss, he didnt forget you after all!
b. To have mind, memory, or recollection of something. Now rare (in later quots. Sc. and U.S.).
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋85 At euery tyme þat I remembre of þe day of doom, I quake. c1440Partonoṗe 3502 Remembring of the Joy he had before. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxxxvii. 339 Sir Johan Chandos remembred of a knyfe that he had in his bosome. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. ii. 190, I remember of such a time, being my sworn seruant, The Duke retein'd him his. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 285 And yet he can remember of none but Lysimachus Nicanor, and that he mislikt and censur'd. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) II. 54 Among..female fashions..I remember but of one [etc.]. 1808Scott Mem. in Lockhart i. (1842) 6/1, I remember of detesting the name of Cumberland. 1851H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 594/1, I remember of another case in which there was no appearance of a lamb. 1862M. D. Colt Went to Kansas x. 150, I then remembered of reading of such a practice among Southern ladies. 1903Profitable Advertising Nov. 500 ‘Do you remember of ever making a purchase as the result of an advertisement?’ asked the writer. 1923B. Hecht Florentine Dagger xiii. 224 She remembers dimly, she says, of striking him with a dagger. 1948Amer. Speech XXIII. 237 Of the two or three thousand local [Pennsylvania Dutch] people whose speech the present writer has heard during the past seventeen years, no native has ever said, ‘I remember it’, but always, ‘I remember of it’.
†c. Const. on or upon. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. T. 213 Remembring on his dremes that he mette. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas ix. xiv. (1558) 26 He gan remembre anone..Vpon a verse written in y⊇ Sautere. 15..Impeachm. Wolsey in Furniv. Ballads fr. MSS. I. 352 Remembyr on Thomas of Canterbury. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 9 b, Remember on me, o lord.
†d. To make mention of a thing. Obs. rare—1.
1531Elyot Gov. ii. xiii, Plinie remembreth of a dogge whiche..asaulted the murdrer of his maister.
5. refl.
a. To bethink or recollect, † to think or reflect upon (oneself). Now rare.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋135, I wol remembre me alle the yeres of my lyf, in bitternesse of myn herte. c1440Generydes 583, I may not ease my hert.., That doth me harme whanne I remembre me. 1484Caxton Chivalry 10 And thenne he remembryd hym a lytyl and after sayd [etc.]. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 194 The Cardinal somewhat remembred hym selfe and sayd, wel my lord I am content to obey. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. iii. 9 Nurse come backe againe, I haue remembred me, thou'se heare our counsell. 1605― Lear iv. vi. 233 Thou old, vnhappy Traitor, Breefely thy selfe remember. 1891Illustr. Lond. News Christmas No. 21/1, ‘I long for home’. But she remembered herself. ‘That's only a momentary feeling’.
†b. Const. of or on; = 4 b, 4 c. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 326 Þenne I remembred me ryȝt of my rych lorde. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋33 Remembreth yow upon the pacient Job. c1450Lonelich Merlin 581 (Kölbing), Sche hire remembrid of fadyr and modyr bothe. 1545St. Papers Hen. VIII, I. ii. 806, I cannot remember me of any others [fit to be captains]. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 308, I remembred my selfe of my Hostesse. 1651tr. De-las-Coveras' Don Fenise 94 Remembering himselfe of the recitall which Rufine had made him. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 88, I remembered me of my gallant messmates. 1890C. M. Yonge Slaves of Sabinus ii. 22 He remembered him of snow-capped Hermon.
c. With obj. clause. (Cf. sense 1.) Now arch.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 384 Remembring him, that love to wyde y-blowe Yelt bittre fruyt. 1428Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 43 Treuly, I can not remembre me, that ever I wrote to yow. 1470–85Malory Arthur viii. ii. 275 The kyng merueilled why she dyd soo, and remembryd hym how her sone was sodenly slayne with poyson. 1589Hay any Work 48 O now I remember me, he has also a charge to prouide for. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 39 Remembring himself, that it was time to visit his Army..he takes leave of the Ladies. 1700Congreve Way of World ii. ix, Now, I remember me, I'm married. 1817Byron Manfred iii. iv. 8, I do remember me, that in my youth..I stood within the Coliseum's wall.
6. a. impers. (it) remembers me [after OF. (il) me remembre], I remember. Now arch.
c1374Chaucer Compl. Mars 150 What his compleynt was, remembreth me. c1386― Wife's T. 469 Whan that it remembreth me Up-on my yowthe. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop i. iv, I am certayne & me remembreth wel that the dogge lend to her a loof of brede. 1814Cary Dante, Par. xx. 137 It doth remember me, that I beheld The pair of blessed luminaries move. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. i, It may remember you that I undertook..to temporize a little with the Scots.
†b. Of a thing: To recur to (one). Obs.—1
1608Yorksh. Trag. i. ix, When the dread thought of death remembers you.
c. to be remembered, to remember; also const. of. Now Obs. exc. dial. (common c 1450–1600).
c1440Generydes 619 Ther is a land I am remembryd wele, Men call it Perse. 1470–85Malory Arthur ix. xxi. 370 Soo whan the quene loked vpon sir Tristram she was not remembryd of hym. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 46, I am remembred that I haue often sene Great wordly riches ende in pouertie. c1590Marlowe Faust. x, Are you remembered how you crossed me in my conference with the Emperor? 16051st Pt. Ieronimo iii. ii. 53 Are you remembred, Don, of a daring message, And a proud attempt? 1828Craven Gloss. s.v., An ye be remembered, i.e. if you remember.
II.
7. a. To remind (a person); esp. to put (one) in mind of a thing or person. † Also const. upon, with. Now arch. or dial.
c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 515 This was as thise bookes me remembre The colde frosty seson of Decembre. c1449Pecock Repr. i. iv. 22 Thouȝ he wolde reherce tho pointis..of the lawe forto remembre the iugis and the peple ther upon. 1451Paston Lett. I. 190 Item, to remembre T. Denyes of the tale that Fyncheham told. 1530Palsgr. 685/1, I shal remembre him of it whan he gothe to bedde. 1604T. Wright Passions vi. 320 These..I thought good briefly to set downe..to remember the Reader, that hereafter he may benefit himselfe of them. 1641R. Marriot Serm. 25 The third was a Golden letter, which remembred him with the joyes of Heaven. 1745Fortunate Orphan 68 Emanuel..remember'd Azem of his Promises. 1808Edin. Rev. Jan. 285 He takes care to remember us of Dr. Johnson's saying. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 98 She remembered me many times of my own most noble lady. 1922Joyce Ulysses 398 Would to God that foresight had remembered me to take my cloak along! 1935E. R. Eddison Mistress (1967) xiii. 229 And while he felt about for firm ground then Lessingham again, most courtly and submissive, remembering Derxis of that former passage with Alquemen.
b. With inf. or obj. clause. Now dial. (Very common in 17th c., esp. with that.)
c1449Pecock Repr. i. iv. 21 If a bischop..wolde remembre hem, exorte hem, and stire hem..forto kepe certeyn moral vertues. 1474Rolls of Parlt. VI. 113/1 Remembryng us that it appered unto us [etc.]. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1556) 48 b, Fyrste he wolde remembre hym for what cause he hath called hym. 1596Nashe Saffron Walden 11 Let me remember thee to do this one kindnes more for me. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. iii. §77. 177, I am to remember you, that many Attributes in Scripture, are not notes of performance but of duty. 1670Baxter Cure Ch. Div. Pref. 1, I write it to remember the Teachers of the Churches, what principles they have to preach. 1703J. Savage Lett. Antients xxvii. 88 Remembring him that Liberality to Friends is the best way of hoarding Treasure. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. 239 The edge of the opened door, which he ran against, remembered him to turn his welcome back upon me. 1877–in dial. glossaries (Lancs., Chesh., Lincs., Warw., Shropsh.).
†8.
a. To recall (a thing or person) to a person. Also with double object, obj. clause, and without const. Obs.
1382Wyclif John xiv. 26 He schal..schewe, or remembre, to ȝou alle thingis. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iii. 1379 Loke on ȝour ryng! It wyll remembyr ȝow ȝour gloryous weddyng. a1470Tiptoft Tulle on Friendsh. (Caxton 1481) A ij, Syth my master Seuola remembrid unto me how Lelius hath resouned with him. 1531Elyot Gov. i. iv, Remembryng to hym the daunger of his iuell example. 1617Wither Fidelia in Juvenilia (1633) 456 Every severall object that I see Doth severally (methinkes) remember thee. 1649Milton Eikon. Pref., By onely remembring them the truth of what they themselves know to be heer miss⁓affirmed. 1672Mede's Wks. p. xl, I remembred to him, how often I heard him wonder [etc.].
†b. To mention (one's affection, respect, etc.) by way of message to another. Obs.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 63 Sir, my humble dutie remembred unto you and my good Mistresse, you may please to understand [etc.] 1625Ussher in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 132, I pray remember my hearty affeccion unto my Lord of Landaff. 1672Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 408 Pray remember my respects to your Partner.
c. To mention (a person) to another as sending a friendly greeting. Also without const.
1560Gresham in Burgon Life I. 302 To whom it may please you, I maye be remembered. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iv. ii. 160 Remember me In all humilitie vnto his Highnesse. a1674Clarendon Surv. Leviath. (1676) 6 To remember me kindly to Mr. Hobbes. 1713Steele Guardian No. 171 ⁋3 Remember me to the lion. 1780Phil. Trans. LXX. 452 He begs to be remembered to you with best compliments. 1804in G. Rose's Diaries (1860) II. 86 Mrs. Tomline desires to be most kindly remembered. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxvi. 353 Katty Tatham desires to be remembered to you all. |