:(706 
\Mn iv .-.till tl>'- tin. III'B white hnuichen wave, 
Mi f,,,.,inl nVr his rival's grave. 
Scott, L. of L. M., Iv. 84. 
memorandum 
help the memory ; a word of MIMIC! liing (or fu- 
ture reference or eotllideTfttion. 
And over :i(t;iiri8t this memorandum (of the King's uwn 
hand). "Otherwise satisfied." 
Bacon, Hist Henry VII., p. 212. 
stints. conscious stings, havu made my heart their Butt, 
(iravinK outrageous Memorandums there 
Of those snakes tongues which Aphrodislus shot 
Into my heedless breast. J. Beaumont, Psyche, 11. 147. 
I have never seen any work from nature of Millet's that 
was not wiCTnorandum-lIke In character, Indicating by out- 
line and shadow the principal contour. 
The Century, XXXVIII. W. 
Specifically 3. In law, a writing in which 
the terms of a transaction or some part of them 
are embodied. The statute of frauds requires a note 
or memorandum ic writing to make a valid sale In certain 
cases: and under this statute a letter may bo a sufficient 
memorandum. The term Is often used In the caption 
memorandum t>f agreement, with which formal contracts 
are nt't^uii. //*'// mi \JL *jt. j..&c*vit * **w 
4. In diplomacy, a summary of tl f a Martyrs > Memorial at Oxford 
memory 
memory; artificial m< iimry: a method of BB- 
MKting the memory by certain contrivances; 
mnemouicg. 
. 
2. Contained in one's memory; within the_mem- memorioUS (me-mo'ri-us), a. [= OF. memo- 
rim j- = Sp. Pg. It. memont>o,<. LL. memoriotus, 
ory of man : opposed to immemorial. [Bare.] 
The case Is with the memorial possessions of the great- 
est part of mankind : a few useful things mixed with many 
trifles till up their memories. Watts. 
Memorial cross. See w..i, >. Memorial day a day 
observed in memory of something ; specifically, In the 
United States, same as Decoration day (which see, under 
decoration). Memorial stone or tablet, a stone or tab- 
let set up, or placed on or in a wall, to commemorate some 
person or event. 
II. n. 1. That which preserves the memory of 
something; anything designed or adapted to 
serve as a reminder of a person, an event, or a 
fact or facts of any kind belonging to past time, 
as a record, a monument, an inscription, a cus- 
tom, a periodical observance, etc.: as. the "Jtfie- 
that has a good memory, < L. memoria, mem- 
ory: *i-<- tiii-iiii-i/.] If. That has a good mem- 
ory. Bailey, 1131. 2. Worthy to be remem- 
bered, 3. Invested with memories. 
Shaggy Clntra . . . with its memurunu convent and Its 
Moorish castle. R. f. Burton, Gold Coast, L 19. 
memoristt (MieMi'o-rist), n. [= Pg. memorista, 
mimm '1*111 : a- niniu>r-y + -int. Cf. memoirist.] 
1. One who remembers or brings to memory; a 
remembrancer. 
Conscience, the punctual memoriit within us. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ Mor., L 21. 
2. One who has a retentive memory. 
loin, a punouiual UiJri vttiiutr, CIA;. to* in* ie f wile wuu llttB a cvwuitftvi ucjuivi/. 
mortal of St. Helena." a book by Las Cases; the memoriter (me-mor'i-ter), adv. [L., by mem- 
question, or a justification of a decision agreed 
on. Also (as French) menwire Memorandum 
articles, In marine insurance, things referred to in the 
memorandum clause annexed to some policies, exempt- 
ing the insurers from liability for the articles therein 
specified Memorandum check, a bank check with 
" memorandum " or " mem." on the face of it. The legal 
effects of such an addition to the face of a check are that 
the drawer is liable upon it absolutely to the one to whom 
he gives it, and will not be exonerated by delay or omis- 
sion to present it at the bank ; and, on the other hand, It 
is not, like an ordinary check, a representation that the 
drawer has any funds in the bank. But the bank may pay 
it like any other check if presented. The object of a 
memorandum check is to serve as a formal due bill, usu- 
ally with an understanding between the parties as to the 
desired delay In presentation for the convenience of the 
drawer, or that it shall never be presented at the bank, 
but to the drawer at a future time. Memorandum of 
association, in Eng. law, a document signed by share- 
holders, stating the name, object, etc., of a joint-stock 
company, upon the registration of which the company has 
11. 126. 
There is a memorial for the dead, as well in giving thanks 
to God for them as in praying for them. 
J. Bradford, Works (Parker Soc , 1853), II. 291. 
He lingered, poring on memorials 
Of the world's youth. Shelley, Alastor. 
Nations whose memorials go back to the highest anti- 
quity. J. Milne, In Faiths of the World. 
2. Intaw: (a) Ashort note orabstraet, intended 
for registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed, 
etc. (o) In Scots law, a statement of facts bear- 
ing upon a particular point, doubtful or dis- 
puted, in order to obtain counsel's opinion upon 
that point; a statement of facts or points in 
alegar eiiste'nceV" ircorrisponds to the articles 'of rivoci- dispute for the use or advice of counsel; a brief. 
MM in the American law of corporations. Memoran- 3. A written representation of facts made to 
dum sale, the sending of goods by an intending seller to a legislative or other body as the ground of a 
' to the approval of i the lattCT, p e tjtj onj or a representation of facts accom- 
panied with a petition. 4. In diplomacy, one of 
a class of informal state papers much used in 
negotiations, embracing such documents as cir- 
culars sent to foreign agents, answers to the 
communications of ambassadors, and notes to 
foreign cabinets and ambassadors. 5f. Mem- 
ory; remembrance; that which is remembered 
(about a person or thing). 
Their memorial is perished with them. Ps. ix. . 
Precious is the memorial of the just Evelyn. 
ory, by heart, memor, remembering: see mem- 
ory.] Prom memory; by heart: as, to recite a 
poem memoriter. 
Memorials are history unfinished, or the first or rough memorizable (mem'o-ri-za-bl), a. [< memorize 
draughts of history Adsncem(mt of ^^ u . m + ble] Capable"^ *eing memorized, or 
committed to memory. 
These stones shall be for a memorial unto the children 
of Israel for ever. Josh. Iv. 7. 
the title remaining in the sel 
his approval or acceptance of the goods. R. Miller, Law 
of Conditional Sales. = Syn. 2. Souvenir, Memento, etc. 
See memorial. 
memorandum-book (mem-o-ran dum-buk), n. 
A book in which memoranda are written; a 
note-book. 
With memorandum-book for every town. 
Camper, Frog, of Err., 1. 373. 
niemorandumer (mem-o-ran'dum-er), n. One 
who makes memoranda; one who is given to 
taking notes or jotting down casual observa- 
tions. [Rare.] 
I feel sorry to be named or remembered by that bio- 
graphical anecdotical memoraiuiummer rBoswell] till his 
book of poor Dr. Johnson's life Is finished and published. 
Madame D'ArMay, Diary, III. 385. (Danes.) 
memoratet (mem'6-rat), v. t. [< L. memoratus, 
pp. of mi-morare (>lt. memorare = Sp. Pg. memo- 
rar = OF. membrer, mcnbrer, F. memorer), bring 
to remembrance, mention, recount, < memor, 
remembering: see memory. Of. commemorate 
and remember.'] To mention for remembrance ; 
commemorate. 
memorative (mem'o-ra-tiv), a. [= F. mtmora- 
tif = Sp. Pg. It. inemorativo; as memorate + 
-/iv.] I. Of or pertaining to memory: as, the 
memorative faculty or power. 2. Preserving 
or recalling the memory of something; aiding 
the memory. [Archaic and rare.] 
And does not permit any good memorizable series. 
The American, VIII. 396. 
memorization (mem"o-ri-za'shon), n. [< mem- 
orize + -ation.] The'act of memorizing, or of 
committing to memory. 
In Baden the ... memorization of Latin words is dis- 
approved of. Pop. Sot Mo., XXVI. 426. 
memorize (mem'o-riz), v. t. ', pret. and pp. mem- 
orized, ppr. memorizing, [< mcmor-y T -ize.] 
1. To cause to be remembered; make memo- 
rable; perpetuate the memory of, as by writ- 
ing or inscription. 
In vain I thinke, right honourable Lord, 
By this rude rime to memorize thy name. 
Spenser, To Lord of Buckhurst, Verses prefixed to F. Q. 
Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, 
111- ,11. Ill'.r/.-l illllltlMT iH.l'.-l.tlul. 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 2. 40. 
2. To keep in memory; hold in lasting remem- 
brance ; have always in mind. 
From her 
Will fall some blessing to this hind, which shall 
In it be memorized. Shak., Hen. VIII., Hi. 2. 52. 
And would but memorize the shining half 
Of his large nature that was turned to me. 
Lou:eU, Agassiz, i. 4. 
dum agree in meaning that which put* one in mind or 
helps one to remember; all but memorandum are espe- 
cially meansof keeping a revered or endeared person, place, 
etc., in memory- A memorandum Is simply a note made 
in order to prevent the forgetting of something Important, 
especially something which might easily slip from the memory (mem o-n), n. ; pi. memonex 
mits to memory. 
The examination system of England compels men to 
cram to become mere memorizers of facts. 
Science, XIII. S09. 
mfnd Memento and souvenir differ very slightly, souvenir 
being a somewhat more elevated word : we give a book 
or a lock of hair as a memento ; we prize a faded flower as 
a souvenir of a visit to Mount Vernon with friends now 
separated from us. Memorial and monument are some- 
times the same: as, the Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford Is 
essentially a monument. A monument is often a single 
shaft or column, as the Washington monument; a memo- 
rial may be a commemorative structure, an illuminated 
window, a book. etc. 
A memorial U the more affectionate ; monument, the 
more laudatory. 
C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated, p. 066. 
memorialise, ?' t. See memorialize. 
The mind doth secretly frame to itselfe memoratire memorialist (me-mo'ri-al-ist), n. [= F. memo- 
heads, whereby it recalls easily the same conceit 
Bp. Hall, Holy Observations, No. 87. 
Vernal weather to me most memorative. 
Carli/le, in Froude. 
memoria (me-mo'ri-a), .; pi. memorial (-e). 
[ML., < L. 'memoria, memory: see memory.] 
ridlistc = Sp. It. memorialifta ; as memorial + 
-*<.] 1. One who writes a memorial or memo- 
rials. 
They would have the commemoration of their actions 
be transmitted by the purest and most untainted memori- 
alists. Steele, Spectator, No. 188. 
1. A" shrine or reliquary containing relics of 2 O ne who presents a memorial to a legislative 
some martyr or martyrs. In primitive times it or any other body, or to a person. 
was customary to carry the memoria in reli- mem orialize (me-mo'ri-al-iz), v. t. ; pret. and 
i. memorie, also memoire, < OF. memorie, me- 
moire, memore, F. memoire = Sp. Pg. It. memoria, 
< L. memoria, the faculty of remembering, re- 
membrance, memory, a historical account, < 
memor, mindful, remembering; cf. Gr. utpucpoc,, 
anxious, fitpifiva, care, thought, Skt. / *mar, 
remember. From L. mentor are also ult. E. 
memorial, memorate, commemorate, remember, 
etc.] 1. The mental capacity of retaining 
unconscious traces of conscious impressions or 
states, and of recalling these traces to con- 
sciousness with the attendant perception that 
they (or their objects) have a certain relation 
to the past; in a narrower sense, the power of 
such retention alone, the power or act of recall- 
ing being termed recollection. The application of 
the term is often extended, with more or less of figurative- 
ness, to analogous physical processes. 
The power to revive againjn our minds ^those ideas 
gious processions. 2." A church or chapel 
built in memory of a martyr or confessor, often 
over his tomb. Cath. Diet. 
memorial (me-mo'ri-al), a. and n. [< ME. me- 
morial, < OF. memorial, F. memorial = Sp. Pg. 
memorial = It. memoriale, < L. memorials, of or 
belonging to memory or remembrance, < me- 
moria, memory: see memory.] I. a. 1. Pre- 
servative of memory; serving for commemo- 
ration: as, a memorial tablet ; a memorial win- 
dow in a church. 
Thou Polymnya, 
On Parnass that with thy sustres glade. . . . 
Syngest with vois memorial in the shade. 
Chaucer. Anelida and Arcite, 1. 18. 
Last o'er the urn the sacred earth they spread, 
And raised the tomb, memorial of the dead. 
Pope. Iliad, xxiv. 1008. 
pp. memorialised, j>pr. me'moriali~ing. [< memo- 
rial + -ize.~] 1. To present a memorial to; pe- 
tition by memorial. 
The Senate of Massachusetts refused to memorialize 
Congress for a female suffrage amendment to the Federal 
Constitution. The A mcrican, VI. 173. 
2. To commemorate. 
This latter work [the Annunciation! was executed for 
Bernardo Cavalcanti, one of the three commissioners who 
represented the Republic on the entrance of the Floren- 
tine army into Pisa, which event It was intended to me- 
morialize. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 4. 
Also spelled inemnrinlini: 
memorial-stone (me-mo'ri-al-ston), . Same 
as coriier-ntoiif, 1. 
memoria technica (me-mo'ri-a tek'ni-ka). [L.: 
see memory and teclii<:~\ Literally, technical 
Locke, Human Understanding, n. x. 2. 
In memory there is necessarily some contrast of past and 
esent, in retentiveness nothing but the persistence of 
present, 
the old. 
J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX 47. 
Every organ indeed, every area and every element 
of the nervous system has Its own memory. 
S. T. tadd, PhysloL Psychology, P- 863. 
2. The fact of retaining such mental impres- 
sions ; remembrance ; mental hold on the past : 
retrospect ; recollection. 
Hyr throte, as I have now memoyre. 
Seined a round towre of yvoyre. 
Chaucer, Death ol Blanche, I. 945. 
Who so tmstetb to thi mercy 
Is endeles in thi memorie. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. S6J. 
And whan the kynge was come a-geln in to his memorie, 
he aroos and wente to cherche and was shriven. 
Merlin <K E. T. *.), III. 415. 
