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)
- (folklore) an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- 1974, Linda Dégh and 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.
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Verb
memorate (third-person singular simple present memorates, present participle memorating, simple past and past participle memorated)
- (obsolete) to commemorate
- (obsolete) to memorize
Related terms
- fabulate
- memorandum
- memory
Further reading
- memorate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- memorate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /memorˈate/
- Rhymes: -ate
Adverb
memorate
- present adverbial passive participle of memori
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /memoˈrate/
Verb
memorate
- adverbial present passive participle of memorar
Interlingua
Participle
memorate
- past participle of memorar
Latin
Participle
memorāte
- vocative masculine singular of memorātus
Verb
- imperative second-person plural of memoro