From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Remember \Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Remembered} (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remembering}.] [OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See {Memory}, and cf. {Rememorate}.]
1. To have (a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.
We are said to remember anything, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before. --I. Watts.
2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx. 8.
That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. --Shak.
Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. --Milton.
3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] ''Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known.'' --Milton.
My friends remembered me of home. --Chapman.
Remember you of passed heaviness. --Chaucer.
And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. --Chaucer.
4. To mention. [Obs.] ''As in many cases hereafter to be remembered.'' --Ayliffe.
5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Remember \Re*mem"ber\ (r?-m?m"b?r), verb (used without an object) To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: {retrieve}, {recall}, {call back}, {call up}, {recollect}, {think}] [ant: {forget}]
2: keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" [syn: {think of}] [ant: {forget}]
3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" [syn: {think back}]
4: show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"
5: mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"
6: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" [syn: {commend}]
7: exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"
8: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [syn: {commemorate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "remember": bear in mind, bring back, bring to mind, bring to recollection, call back, call to mind, call up, carry back, cite, commemorate, conjure up, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, give a hint, give the cue, go back, go back over, hark back, hold the promptbook, jog the memory, keep in mind, look back, memorialize, mind, muse on, nag, nudge, prompt, prompt the mind, put in mind, put in remembrance, recall, recall to mind, recapture, recognize, recollect, reevoke, reflect, remind, remind one of, reminisce, retain, retrace, retrospect, review, review in retrospect, revive, revoke, reward, see in retrospect, suggest, summon up, think back, think of, tip, treasure, use hindsight
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