memory 
I'll note you in my book of memory. 
Shall., I Hen. VI., ii. 4. 101. 
A thousand fantasies 
Begin to throng into my memory. 
Miltun, Comus, 1. 206. 
Writing by memory only, as I do at present, I would 
gladly keep within my depth. 
Swift, Improving the English Tongue. 
Men once world-noised, now mere Ossian forms 
OI misty memory. Lowell, Agassiz, iv. 1. 
3. Length of time included in the conscious 
experience or observation of an individual, a 
community, or any succession of persons ; the 
period of time during which the acquisition of 
knowledge is possible. 
How first this world and face of things began, 
And what before thy memory was done. 
MUton, f. L., vii. 637. 
The Gild of Stratford-upon-Avon, . . . whose begin- 
ning was from time wherennto the memory of man run- 
neth not. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. xiiii. 
4. The state of being remembered ; continued 
presence in the minds or thoughts of men ; re- 
tained or perpetuated knowledge; posterior 
note or reputation : as, to celebrate the memory 
of a great event. 
The memory of the just is blessed. Prov. x. 7. 
Use the memory of thy predecessor fairly and tenderly. 
Bacon, Great Place. 
Lest, far dispersed 
In foreign lands, their memory be lost. 
Milton, P. L., xii. 46. 
5. That which is remembered ; anything fixed 
in or recalled to the mind ; a mental impression ; 
a reminiscence : as, pleasant memories of travel. 
Yet experience is no more than a masse of memories as- 
sembled, that is, such trials as man hath made in time be- 
fore. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. 1'oesie, p. 31. 
Well, let the memory of her fleet into air. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, i. 1. 
I find no place that does not breathe 
Some gracious memory of my friend. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, c. 
The Edmund Burkewe are all agreed in regarding as one 
of the proudest memories of the House of Commons was 
an Irishman. Contemporary Rev., L. 28. 
6. That which brings to mind ; a memento or 
memorial; a remembrancer. 
They went and fet out the brasen serpent, which Moses 
commanded to be kept in the ark for a memory, and offered 
before it. 
Tyiulale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 67. 
my sweet master ! O you memory 
Of old Sir Rowland ! 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 3. 3. 
7. Commemoration ; perpetuation of the know- 
ledge of anything; a recalling to mind: as, a 
monument erected in memory of a person. 8f. 
An act or ceremony of remembrance ; a service 
for the dead: same as commemoration, 2 (6). 
Their Diriges. their Trentals, and their shrifts, 
Their memories, their singings, and their gifts. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 454. 
And I am told that there are women of title who boldly 
demand memories to be celebrated when there are no com- 
municants: and that there are mass priests who celebrate 
memories in the very time and place that the ordinary min- 
isters are celebrating the Communion. 
Bucer, quoted in R. W. Dixon's Hist. Church of Eng., xviii. 
Legal memory, in Eng. law, the period since the begin- 
ning of the reign of Richard I. Sound and disposing 
mind and memory, the phrase usual in statutes pre- 
scribing what persons may make wills, and generally con- 
strued to imply ability to collect and hold in mind the par- 
ticulars both of the estate to be disposed of and of the 
persons standing in such a relation as to have just expec- 
tations. To commit to memory. See commit. To 
draw to memoryt, to put on record. 
A noble stone, 
And worthy for to drawen to memorie. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Miller's Tale, 1. 4. 
= 8yn. 1-4. Memory, Recollection, Remembrance. Remi- 
niscence. Memory is the general word for the faculty or ca- 
pacity itself; recollection and remembrance are different 
kinds of exercise of the faculty; reminiscence, also, is used 
for the exercise of thefaculty. but less commonly, and then 
it stands for the least energetic use of it, the matter seem- 
ing rather to be suggested to the mind. The correctness 
of the use of memory for that which is remembered has 
been disputed. The others are freely used for that which 
is remembered. In either sense, recollection implies more 
effort, more detail, and more union of objects in wholes, 
than remembrance. Reminiscence is used chiefly of past 
events, rarely of thoughts, words, or scenes, while recollec- 
tion is peculiarly appropriate for the act of recalling men- 
tal operations. See remember. 
Memphian (mem'fi-an), a. [< Memphis + -a.] 
Same as Memphite. 
Busiris and his Memphian chivalry. Milton, P. L. i. 307. 
Memphite (mem'tlt), n. and a. [< L. Mem- 
Ifites, < Gr. Me/if'rw, < Mifuptc, < Egypt. Menf, 
3706 
, . , 
emphis, an ancient capital of Egypt.] I. . 
A native or an inhabitant of ancient Memphis 
in Egypt. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to ancient Memphis 
or to its inhabitants or dialect; Memphiau: as, 
the Memphite kingdom. 
Memphitic (mem-fit'ik), a. [< L. Mempkitictm, 
of Memphis or Egypt, < Memphites, Memphite: 
see Memphite.] Same as Memphite. 
The Memphitic and Theban versions of the New Testa- 
ment. The Academy, March 17, 1888, p. IDS. 
mem-sahib (mem'sa"ib), n. [Hind., < mem, a 
form of E. ma'am, madam, + sahib, master, esp. 
applied to a European gentleman : see sahib.] 
In India, a European lady; the mistress of a 
household: so called by native servants. 
A great assemblage of Sahibs and Mem sahibs had been 
held at Mr. B 's in order to eat and drink wine, and 
dance together. W. H. Russell, Diary in India, II. 149. 
men (men), n. 1. Plural of man. 2f. A Mid- 
dle English variant of man in indefinite use. 
menaccanite, menaccanitic. See menucha- 
nite, menachanitie. 
menace (men 'as), n. [< ME. menace, manace, 
manas, < OF. menace, menache, manache, F. me- 
nace = Pr. menassa, menasa = OSp. menaza (Sp. 
a-menaza = Pg. a-meaga, a-meaqo) = It. minaccia, 
minaccio, threat, menace, < L. minaeice, pi., 
threats, < minax, threatening, projecting, < 
mince, things projecting, hence threats, men- 
aces, < miiiere, put out, project, whence also ult. 
E. eminent, imminent, prominent, etc., and mine'*, 
mien, etc.] A threat or threatening; the dec- 
laration or indication of a hostile intention, or 
of a probable evil to come. 
The Trojans view the dusty cloud from far, 
And the dark menace of the distant war. 
Dryden, JKaelA, ix. 37. 
No sound could have grated more unpleasantly on the 
pontifical ear than the menace of a general council. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 6. 
Immensely strong, and able to draw in supplies con- 
stantly from the sea. Acre was a standing menace to the 
Eastern world. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 181. 
= Syn. See the verb. 
menace (men'as),i'.; pret. and ^.menaced, ppr. 
menacing, [< ME. menacen, manacen, manasen, 
< OF. menacer, F. menacer (= Sp. a-menazar = 
Pg. a-meaqar = It. minacciare), threaten, < me- 
nace, a threat: see menace, n.] I. trans. 1. To 
threaten; hold out a threat against; express a 
hostile intention toward, or indicate danger to: 
followed by with before the threatened evil 
when expressed: as, the storm menaced the ship 
with destruction. 
Whan thei wille manacen ony man, thanne thei seyn, 
God knowethe wel that I schalle do the snche a thing, 
and tellethe his Manace. Alandeville, Travels, p. 231. 
When Vortiger harde their manasynye, he was wroth 
and angry, and seide yef they spake eny more ther-of he 
sholde do the same with hem. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 2(i. 
Thou art menaced by a thousand spears. 
Cowper, Elegies, iv. (trans.). 
2. To hold out threats of ; indicate the danger 
or risk of. 
He menaced 
Revenge upon the cardinal. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., L 2. 137. 
As to the vnbeleeuers and erroneous, it menaceth truly 
the greatest euill to come. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 251. 
Thus the singular misunderstanding which menaced an 
open rupture at one time was happily adjusted. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 19. 
=Svn. Menace, Threaten. Threaten is of very general 
application, in both great and little things: as, to be 
threatened with a cold ; a threatening cloud ; to threaten 
an attack along the whole line. Threaten is used with 
infinitives, especially of action, but menace is not : as, to 
threaten to come, to punish. Menace belongs to dignified 
style and matters of moment. 
II. intrans. To be threatening ; indicate dan- 
ger or coming harm ; threaten. 
He that oft manaceth, he that threteth more than lie 
may perfonne ful oft time. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
Who ever knew the heavens menace BO ? 
Shak., J. C., t 3. 44. 
menacement (men'as-ment), . [< OF. menace- 
ment; as menace + '-men't.] Threat; menace. 
It may be observed that wrongful menacement is in- 
cluded as well in simple injurious restrainment as in sim- 
ple injurious compulsion. 
Bentham, Introd. to Morals and Legislation, xvt 33, note, 
menacer (men'as-er), n. One who menaces or 
threatens. 
Hence, menacer ! nor tempt me into rage ; 
This roof protects thy rashness. Philipe. 
menachanite, menaccanite (me-nak'an-lt), n. 
[< Menachan or Meiiaccan, in Cornwall, Eng- 
land, + -i'te 2 .] Titanic iron ore: same as il- 
menite. 
menachanitie, menaccanitic (me-nak-a-nit'- 
ik), a. [< menachanite, menaccanite, -f' -ic.] 
Pertaining to or resembling menachanite. 
menacingly (men'a-sing-li), adv. [< menacing 
+ -ly 2 .] In a menacing or threatening man- 
ner. 
menad, menadic. See matnad, mtenadic. 
mend 
menage 1 (rne-nazh'), n. [< F. mcnayc, OF. ntes- 
nage, a household, family/ ML. mausionaticum, 
a household, < L. mamio(n-), a dwelling, house : 
see mansion, and cf. mciny.] 1. A household; 
the company of persons living together in a 
house. 
Then she tried keeping house with a female friend ; then 
the double intnaye began to Quarrel and get into debt. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fail-, Ixiv. 
2. Housekeeping; household management. 
3 (me-naj'). A kind of club or friendly soci- 
ety common among the poorer of the working 
classes of Scotland and the north of England. 
4t. A menagerie. 
menage'-'t, n. and v. An obsolete variant of 
manage. 
menagerie (me-naj 'e-ri, me-nazh'e-ri), n. 
[Formerly also menagery; = It. menageria, < F. 
menagerie, a menagerie, <.menage, a household, 
family: see menage 1 .} 1. A yard or inclosure 
in which wild animals are kept. 
I can look at him [a national tiger] with an easy curios- 
ity, as prisoner within bars, in the menayerie of the tower. 
Burke, A Regicide Peace, i. 
2. A collection of wild animals; specifically, a 
collection of wild animals kept for exhibition. 
menagogue (men'a-gog), n. [< Gr. /i>/v, a month 
(> fir/viaia, menses), + iiyuy&f, leading, < ayeiv, 
lead. Cf. emmenagogve.] A medicine that pro- 
motes the menstrual flux. 
menaion (me-ni'on), n. ; pi. wenaia (-a). [< LGr. 
fu/vaiov, < Gr. jii]v, a month : see month.] In the 
Gr, Ch., any one of the twelve volumes, each 
volume answering to one month, which together 
contain a methodical digest of all the offices to 
be read in commemoration of the church saints. 
A full set of the menaia constitutes the complete 
Greek breviary. 
menaltyt (men'al-ti), . [See mesnality.] The 
middle class of people. 
Which was called the evyll parliamente for the nobilitie, 
the worse for the menaltie, but worste of all for the corn- 
monaltie. Hall's Union (1548). (HaUiwell.) 
mend (mend), v. [< ME. menden, by apheresis 
for ameiiden, amend: see amend.] 1. trans. 1. 
To repair, as something broken, defaced, de- 
ranged, or worn ; make whole or fit for use ; re- 
store to a sound or serviceable condition : as, to 
mend shoes or clothes, a wall or a road. 
He saw other two brethren ... in a ship with Zebedee 
their father, mending their nets. Mat. iv. 21. 
Mend up the fire to me, brother, 
Mend up the flre to me. 
Lady Maisry (Child's Ballads, II. 85). 
2. To correct or reform; make or set right; 
bring to a proper state or condition : as, to mend 
one's ways, health, or fortune; that will not 
mend the matter. 
It schal neuere greue a good man though the gilti be 
meendid. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 11. 
The gods preserve you, and mend you ! 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, iii. 3. 
To make the People fittest to chuse, and the chosen fit- 
test to govern, will be to mend our corrupt and faulty 
Education. Milton, Free Commonwealth. 
3. To improve; make better in any way; help, 
further, better, advance in value or considera- 
tion, etc. 
Who never mended his pace no more 
Nor [than if | he had done no ill. 
Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 196). 
Tacitus observeth how rarely raising of the fortune 
mendeth the disposition. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 291. 
He [Christ] came to restore them who were delighted in 
their ruins, and thought themselves too good to be mended. 
Sttilingjleet, Sermons, I. vi. 
My uncle, who is extremely mended by soap and the 
hopes of a peerage, is come up. Walpole, Letters, II. 135. 
4. To improve upon ; add to ; surpass or out- 
do : as, to mend one's shot (that is, to make a 
better one). 
I'll mend the marriage wi' ten thousand crowns. 
Lord Salton and Auchanachie (Child's Ballads, II. 169). 
Over and beside 
Signior Baptista's liberality, 
I'll mend it with a largess. 
Shak., T. of the S., i. 2. 151. 
To mend one's meal, to take something more. [North. 
Eng. ] = Syn. 1-3. Amend, Improee, Better, etc. See amend. 
II. intrans. To grow or do better; improve; 
act or behave better. 
What think you of this fool, Malvolio? Doth he not 
mend? Shak., T. N., L 5. 80. 
I hope the Times will mend. Ilomll, Letters, ii. 48. 
But fare you weel, Anld Nickie-ben; 
Oh wad ye tak' a thought and men' I 
Burns, Address to the De'il. 
On the mending hand. See hand. 
