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`
`memorandum
`use : a note to help or jog the memory : one of the notes in a
`diary (this book .
`.
`. was assembled from his diaries, Ns, and
`letters —New Yorker) b : MEMENTO, REMINDER 2 a (1) : a
`brief or informal note in writing Of some transaction or an
`outline Of an intended instrument : an instrument drawn up in
`a brief and compendious form (2) : the clause beginning a
`record in the former Court of King's Bench in proceedings by
`bill
`(3) : MEMORANDUM OF AssOcIA'rioN (4) :
`the body of
`exceptions making up the clause in a marine insurance policy
`exempting the insurer wholly or partially from liability for loss
`on various articles
`l3 (1) : a statement by the shipper of the
`terms of a shipment sent with the privilege of return if not sold
`— used esp. in the jewelry trade
`(2) : the third or duplicate
`copy of a bill of lading 3 a : an informal diplomatic com-
`munication; specif : a written statement from a department of
`state or a ministry of foreign affairs to an embassy or legation
`used esp. for routine transmissions or inquiries and never
`bearing a signature
`b : a usu. brief informal communication
`typically written for interoffice circulation on paper headed
`memorandum (depend on countless memoranda for giving
`directions and for exchanging essential information —Milt0n
`Hall)
`0 : a routine publication by an authorized military
`headquarters containing directive, advisory, or informative
`matter
`fimemorandum \"\ vr -ED/-ING/-s : to make a memorandum of
`memorandum decision or memorandum opinion 21 1 : a
`brief opinion of a court or a judge announcing the result of
`litigation without an extended discussion of the principles
`involved but sometimes with the citation of precedents -—- com-
`pare PER CURIAM nEcisioN 2.
`: an opinion of the Tax Court of
`the U. S.
`that is ordered not to be published but that IS
`authoritative as a precedent
`3 2 an opinion of a court or a
`judge announcing the conclusions reached on the issues of fact
`and of law and giving directions as to the matters to be set
`forth in an order, judgment, or decree to be entered 4 2 an
`opinion of a court or a judge setting forth the conclusions
`reached on issues of fact and of law and containing the actual
`order, judgment, or decree of the court or judge
`memorandum of association Eng law : a document re-
`sembling articles of association in the U. S. which in case of a
`company to be formed legally must be executed and filed to
`form the charter of the company
`mem-o-ra-tive \‘rnema,r§d-iv, ‘mem(o)rad--\ adj [ME memo-
`ratij, fr. MF, fr. LL memarativus, fr. L memoratus (past part.
`of memarare to remind) + -ivu: -ive — more at MEMORABLE]
`1 archaic : COMMEMORATIVE
`2 :
`relating to the memory
`(powers perfected by experience .
`.
`. estimative and N powers
`—G.P.Klubertanz)
`lme-mo-ri.a1 \mé'm6rEal, -mor-\ adj [ME, fr. L memorialis,
`fr. memoria memory + -alis -al —~more at MEMORY] 1 : serving
`to preserve remembrance : COMMEMORATIVE (a N building) (a
`N sketch) (a N showing of an artist's work) 2 : of or relating
`to memory : utilizing, caused by, or done from memory (the
`scene had been gotten by shorthand or N method —C.A.
`Greer)
`(the bad quarto .
`.
`.
`is a N reconstruction —Leo
`Kirschbaum) (N contamination of a manuscript)
`imemorial \"\ n -s [ME, fr. LL memorials, fr. L, neut. of
`memorialis, adj.] 1 ob: : MEMORY, REMEMBRANCE, RECOLLEC-
`TION 2 a (l) : something that serves to preserve memory or
`knowledge of an individual or event : RELIC, TRACE (the form
`in which he expresses his emotion bears no N of any external
`form that may have provoked it —Clive Bell) (a N of those
`stormy feuds .
`.
`.
`is the thick oak door with its square hole
`-Brian Fitzgerald) (their bones remain .
`.
`. as N: Of a noble
`attempt —W.E.Swinton)
`(2)
`: something that
`is kept
`to
`preserve the memory of a person or event
`: KEEPSAKE, ME-
`MENTO (carved walking stick, umbrella and best black hat
`still remained, sacred Ns —Rex Ingamells) (revive the liking
`for wearing N3 of the dead —Joan Evans)
`(3) : something
`designed to commemorate or preserve the memory of a person
`or event (his two-volume N to his father .
`. was published
`.
`7~Curren7 Bing.) (to visit this N to a former slave is a reward-
`ing experience ~—Oscar Schisgall) (Walker Memorial is the
`student center —~Visi1or's Guide to Mass. Inst. of Tech.) (the
`mound .
`.
`. should be regarded as a N rather than an inter-
`ment N-F.M.Stanton) (the state‘s history is well recorded in 17
`historic N: —Melvin Beck
`b : COMMEMORATJON 2 3 a : REC-
`ORD, MEMOIR (the text o
`the N that accompanied the map
`—-Marjorie S. Douglas) b : MEMORANDUM, NOTE (present a
`long N to the emperor —-Times Lit, Supp.); speci] : a legal
`abstract c (1) : a statement of facts addressed to a government
`or some branch of it often accompanied with a petition or
`remonstrance (submitted a N to Congress —Joseph Dorfman);
`also : a similar statement presented to a nongovernmental body
`(2) ; a pleading before the Permanent Court of International
`Justice in which a case is set forth including facts, law, and
`submissions
`3memor1a1 \“\ vr -ED/-ING/-S : MEMoiuALizr.
`memorial arch n : TRIUMPHAL ARCH
`memorial day n,‘ usu cap A4620 1 : May 30 formerly observed as
`a legal holiday in most states of the U. S. in commemoration
`of dead servicemen —~ called also Decoration Day 2 : the last
`Monday in May observed as a legal holiday in most states
`of the U.S. 3_: CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY -'1:
`: any of sev-
`eral days_ set aside for the pu blic commemoration of war dead
`me-mo-r1_-at-ist \-olést\ n -S 1 : a person who writes or signs
`a memorial (the Ni‘ are not entitled to be heard ~—T.E.May)
`: a writer of memorials or memoirs (France‘s amplest
`secret N;-—Janet Flannel’); specij
`: one who writes a com-
`memorative memoir (critics of the work rather than N3 of the
`man —Ii2nes Lil. Supp.)
`me-Ifno-ri-a1-iza-tion \:,-:ol:';'z2'tshon, -,li‘z-\ n -s : the act or
`‘gin instance of memorializing or the state of being memorial-
`ized (won .
`glamour for future N —J.F.Dobie)
`me»I_n,o-r1»a1-ize \='=_=a,liz\ vt —eo/-mo/-s 1 :
`to address or
`Detition by a memorial : present a memorial to (N the gover-
`nors and legislatures of the several states NE.M.Carroll)
`. COMMEMORATE (memorialized by an avenue bearing his
`“"16 “David Dengps_ey> N me-mo-ri-al-iz~er \-za(r)\ n -s
`me-I110-‘ti-al»ly \-reale\ adv : by memory : as a memorial
`memorial mass )1, often cap both Ms : a Roman Catholic
`requiem mass offered on specif. appointed days of the year for
`the repose of a dead person's soul
`memorial park 11
`: CEMETERY
`Tffiggéorlizal rose 22
`: a vigorous prostrate or trailing evergreen
`wh]_‘e(f1osz1 wiclzzzrazalia) of eastern Asia with large fragrant
`memofiaolwers in clusters of few to many
`_
`_
`or a dead person
`held 1
`service I1
`. a commemorative service of worship
`gilgwgglail SEETHD I1_ : a comrnerngrlativestamp
`‘
`‘
`ficialn-113a ecu.-n1-ca ,\Vrn,a,mc_>rea teknoka\ n [NL, 111., art)-
`evi ence the survival of this primitive memoria teclmica
`aid <
`,dm0|')] . an al'f_lllCl3l ‘d]d'lO ll.lE’l'1'l£:II101‘)’Z a mnemonic
`m-—Edward Clodd)
`.em'0'Ii9d \§rnem(o)rEd, -rid\ adj [memory + -ed] 1 ' hav-
`latgna memory of a specified kind — usu. used in combination
`Phmgrniemorled men and women‘. .
`. were not deluded ~—Eden
`_A’l;7O 15g _2 a . full of memories (this serene and N village
`ha per.
`rude Serics:.Vl.) b : REMEMBERED (explosion of N
`uneppiness -1-Ian ‘sluyu-1)
`mi '§?°1'T1'teT \m9 mOr9,te(a)r, -orod-or\ adv [L, fr. memar
`D
`U — more at MEMORY] : by or from memory : by heart
`
`2.,<,(1‘:‘fY:‘l_’:’
`S\<=‘l“l:!-IS Q_ propositions -World Rev.)
`
`‘I409
`mem-o-ry \'rnem(o)rE, -ri\ 7!
`-135 [ME memorle, fr. MF mem-
`orie, memoire, fr. L memoria, fr. memar mindful + -in -y; akin
`to OE gemimor well-known, mimorian to remember, MD
`mimeren to muse, brood, L mom delay, Olr airmert prohibi-
`tion, Gk mermera trouble, Skt smaran‘ he remembers; basic
`meaning:
`to remember] 1 a archaic : a ceremony of com-
`memoration : a service for the dead l) obs : a historical or
`biographical record 0 obs : MEMORIAL, MEMENTO 2 a (1) : the
`ower or process of reproducing or recalling what has been
`earned and retained esp.
`through nonconscious associative
`mechanisms : conscious or unconscious evocation of things
`past (semantic reception is associated with great use of N
`——Norbert Wiener)
`(seemed lost
`in thought or N —E.A.
`McCourt) (in N, one images or reproduces his whole state
`of mind on the remembered occasion —Richard Taylor)
`(2) : this power regarded as vested in an individual : an in-
`dlvidual’s capacity for reproducing or recalling what has been
`learned and retained (has a good N for faces) (rely on the
`faulty N of a cross section of people —S.L.Payne) (his N
`annoyed him .
`.
`. it did not work willingly any more —Stuart
`Cloete)
`(3) : the process Of reproducing or recalling what has
`been learned as manifested in some special way or as asso-
`ciated with some bodily process (visual N) (muscular N)
`b : persistent modification of structure or of behavior result-
`ing from an organism‘s activity or from its passively acquired
`experience
`c (1) : the totality of what has been learned and
`retained esp. as evidenced by recall and recognition (drew on
`his N to supply the needed names) (even birds and animals
`have an ancestral N NI-Iorizon)
`(2) : the function of mem-
`ory regarded as a compartment or chamber in which images,
`erceptions, or learning are stored (filling their N with a
`umber of words —R.L.Stevenson) (the invisible storehouse
`in notbingness, called N —Walter Sorell 84 Denver Lindley)
`(retain in their N the preceding movements -—George Balan-
`chine) (a richly stored N) 3 a (1) : commemorative remem-
`brance (a statue erected in N of the hero) (has been held in N
`in Ireland ~—Maxwell Nurnberg & Morris Rosenblum) (a
`local museum dedicated to the N of the celebrity —Amer.
`Guide Series: Maine)
`(2) : a person or thing held in com-
`memorative
`remembrance
`(his deeds
`are
`the country's
`proudest memories)
`I) : the fact or condition of being remem-
`bered (N of such upheavals goes back to remote antiquity)
`(persecutions which were of
`recent N —-K.S.Latourette)
`4 ti
`: a particular act of recalling something learned or ex-
`perienced : the fact or a condition of recalling : REMEMHRANCE,
`RECOLLECTION, RECALL (woke with .
`.
`. complete N of where
`she had been —Pearl Buck) (have no N of that incident)
`(recited the
`oem from N) b (1) : an image, impression, or
`other mental) trace of someone or something known or ex-
`perienced :
`the content of something remembered (my first
`N is one Of being held up to a window —George Dangerfield)
`(the N of his voice as distinct in her mind as it ever had been
`in her ear --Glenway Wescott) (pleasant memories of an
`Italian summer)
`(the N of the captain's wife had not left
`him ~—Carson McCullers) (memories of the Japanese occupa-
`tion .
`.
`. created a heritage of ill will —R.H.Fifield) (have
`(made the town‘s isolation a N-—Amer. Guide Series: Texas
`written down their N .
`.
`. of one such occasion —F.I.Cobb§
`(the course is a N and a mark is no longer even a ghost
`——Norman Nathan) (the depression is only a bad N)
`(2) 2 the
`total impression or generalized image of a person preserved
`in remembrance, history, or tradition : posthumous opinion
`(this ruler left behind him golden memories) (a prince of
`glorious N)
`(3) : the character, personality, or achievements
`of a person as preserved in remembrance (the man whose N
`the Royal Irish Academy honors -Gearoid O’Sullivan) (his
`N recalled the most wonderful and exciting .
`.
`. adventures
`—R.H.Davis) (hates her N and all other women —Lucy M.
`Montgomery)
`G :
`the time within which past events can be
`or are remembered (within the N of living men)
`5 : CON-
`CENTRATION 5 6 a : a component in an electronic computing
`machine (as a computer) in which information as data or
`program instructions) may be inserted and store
`and from
`which it may be extracted when wanted D : a device external
`to a computer for the insertion, storage, and extraction of in-
`formation 7 a : a capacity for showing effects recognized as
`the result of past treatment — used esp. of materials (the wire
`begins to turn in the other direction corresponding to the first
`twisting - the N of the recent short-term handling has been»
`obliterated by that of the more remote but longer lasting and
`therefore more impressive one —-Bernhard Gross)
`b : a ca-
`pacity for returning to a former condition (as after being
`stretched) N used esp. of a material (the N will cause the
`material
`to resume the shape it had when you purchased it
`—Road Illag.)
`syn REMEMBRANCE, RECOLLECIION, REMINISCENCE, MIND,
`soUvENiR: MEMORY ap lies both to the faculty of remembering
`and to what is remembered, sometimes remembered dearly or
`cherished (a very good memory) (a memory training course)
`(it was the merest memory now, vague and a little sweet, like
`the remembrance of some exceptional spring day —John
`Galsworthy) REMEMBRANCE can be the same as MEMORY but
`more often refers to the act of remembering and usu.
`to a
`particular act of remembering esp. something pleasant or
`cherished in memory, or it may apply to the state of being re-
`membered (the only moments I’ve lived my life to the full and
`that live in remembrance unfaded —-W.W.Gibson) (the vivid
`remembrance of an almost
`identical setting one evening
`~Henry Miller) (the remembrance of things past —Shak.)
`(the remembrance of the event always brought a pang of
`regret)
`RECOLLECTION is
`like REMEMBRANCE but carries a
`strong suggestion of more voluntary and sometimes effortful
`recalling to mind, and it may apply to the thing remembered in
`this way (they have a tendency to forget the facts of the present
`in their fond recollection of the past —-S.M.Crothers) (you ask
`me to put do\vn a few recollections of your father ——W.E.H.
`Lecky) REMINISCENCE may refer to remembrance of something
`long past, esp. as remembered casually and accidentally; it is
`closely synonymous with RECOLLECTION in references to what
`is remembered (would use all the techniques of modern psy-
`chology in his analyses of the subconscious; the phenomena
`of involuntary rcniirziscence fascinate him —B.M.WOodbridge)
`(the author's own ran-xinisccnces of childhood and youth are a
`good deal lcss pretentious and more amusing than this model
`—Times Lit. Supp.) MIND in this sense commonly appears
`only in a few idiomatic phrases (to keep in mind) (Out of sight,
`out of mind)
`SOUVENIR may still be used as a synonym of
`MEMORY (then she carefully restored them, her mind full of
`souvenirs newly awakened ——Arnold Bennett)
`memory book :1
`1 : SCRAPBOOK (not so much a book of
`memoirs as a memory book —New Yorker) 2 : a small album
`for autographs
`mein-o-ry-less \'mern(a)rEl:';s, -rll-\ adj : devoid of memory
`memory span n : the greatest amount (as the longest series of
`letters or digits) that can be perfectly reproduced by the sub-
`ject after a single presentation by the experimenter
`memory tube 11 2 a vacuum tube (as a camera tube or electronic
`computer tube) that retains information for later use by hav-
`ing a receptive element on which an electron beam impresses
`signals
`memory verse I: : a brief passage of Scripture to be memorized
`in connection with a Sunday-school
`lesson —- compare
`GOLDEN jrE>;r
`
`menckenese
`
`mems pl of MEM
`mam-saliib \'mcm+,-\ n [Hindi mem-_:El2ib, fr. E Zmem +
`Hindi sfibfb -— more at SAHIBJ : a foreign woman of the white
`race and some social status living in India (growing up to be
`another nice infuriating superior English N —~H.E.l3ates);
`esp 2 the wife of an English official or other white man of some
`social status in colonial India (found the white Ns more vio-
`lently intoxicated with .
`.
`. race poison than their men —Ed-
`mond Taylor) (this is a N‘; book, recalling .
`.
`. the last years
`of that ascendancy in India —Times Lit. Supp.) (houses de-
`signed for British officials and their Ns —Christopher Rand)
`men pl 0] MAN
`men- or meno- comb farm ENL, fr. Gk mén month — more at
`MOON] : menstruation (menopause) (menacme)
`me.nac-can-ite \mé‘naka,nit\ 11 -S [irreg. fr. Manaccan, Corn-
`
`wall England + E -ire]
`:
`ILMENITE — me-nac-can-it-ic
`Enid-ik\ adj
`‘men-ace \‘menos also -nis\ n -s [ME manace, menasse, fr.
`MF manure, menace, fr. L minacia, fr. minac-, minax project-
`ing, threatening (fr. minari to project,
`threaten) + -ia -y -
`more at MOUNT] 1 a : a show of intention to inflict harm : a
`threatening gesture, statement, or act
`(N: of damnation
`~—T.S.Eliot) (spitting angry N: at her ——Arnold Bennett)
`(would advance with simulated N —-Osbert Lancaster) (ex-
`ploding in N: and threats of vengeance —George Meredith)
`b : threatening import, character, or aspect I THREAT (ominous
`silence of the woods held no N for her —-Osbert Sitwell) (the
`N of the European war to American interests ——C.B.Forcey)
`(the sky became leaden with vague N —Adrian Bell) (with a
`hysterical cry of N ——C.G.D.Roberts)
`c :
`the condition of
`being threatened : a threatening atmosphere Or situation (in
`the N and confusion of the .
`.
`. postwar period —~Hans
`Weigcl)
`:
`impending evil
`(:1 sense Of N, Of unease, runs
`through their conversation ——T.H.White b.1915) 2 ii : some-
`one Or something that represents a threat : DANGER (tubercu-
`losis and syphilis were major Ns NT.H.Fielding) (the intoxi-
`cated motorist is a N to life and limb ——Wayne Hughes) (the
`NS of air, such as tornado and whirlwind —Osbert Sitwell)
`b : a person whose actions or idiosyncrasies cause intense
`annoyance or discomfiture (that boy's a N) (her friends were
`beginning to find her a N —Guy McCrone)
`2menace \“\ vb -ED/-lNG/-S [ME manacen, menacen, fr. ME
`manacer, menncer, fr, manace, menace, n.] V! 1 a : to make a
`show of intention to harm : make a threatening gesture, state-
`ment, or act against (menaced him with immediate expulsion
`—G.B.Shaw) b I to threaten the infliction of : offer threat of
`(menacing the emperor's displeasure —S.T.Coleridge)
`(he
`menaced ruin —H.R,TrevOr-Roper) 2 : to represent or pose
`a threat to : ENDANGER (the ferries were me/laced by floating
`mines —P.W.Thompson) (mature bolls are menaced by the
`army worm —Amer, Guide Series: Ark.) N vi
`:
`to make a
`threatening gesture, statement, or act (the few snakes that N
`with their mouths open ——C.H.Curran & Carl Kauffeld) syn
`see THREATEN
`menacing adj [fr. pres. part. of Zmenace] : presenting, suggest-
`ing, or constituting a menace : THREATENING unemployment
`reached N proportions —-P.E.Jamcs) (his al-knowing and
`rather N smile ——Louis Auchincloss) (the prospect of a third
`world war is so N—John Strachey) (chamber was somber and
`almost N —~Dorothy Sayers) —- men-ac-ing-ly adv
`men-acme \mén, (')mEn+\ 21 [men- + acme] : the portion of
`a woman's life during which menstruation occurs
`rnenad var aj MAENAD
`men-a-Lli-one \,mena'di,6n\ r1 -5 [methyl + naphthoquinone
`+ -dione] : a yellow crystalline compound CHHEO2 that is
`usu. made by oxidation of beta-methylnaphthalene, that has
`the biological activity Of natural vitamin K to which it
`is
`chemically related, and that is Often administered in the form
`of a water-soluble white crystalline addition compound with
`sodium bisulfitc; 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone — called also
`Vitamin K3
`me-na-do-nese \ma:nada:nEz, -Es\ n, pl menadonese cap
`[Manado (Manado)
`residency in Celebes,
`Indonesia + E
`-nese (as in Japar1e.rc)] : an Indonesian native or inhabitant of
`Manado in northeastern Celcbes
`mé-nage \(')m§:n‘azh, -nazh\ 21 -s [F ménaga, fr. OF mesnage
`dwelling house,
`fr.
`(assumed) VL manrionaticum,
`fr. L
`mansion-, mzmsio habitation, dwelling — more at MANSlON]
`1 a : a domestic establishment
`: HOUSEHOLD (a respectable
`N —F.A.Swinnerton) (an unstable N -1-Iarry Levin) (add
`one or two concubines to his N —.lohn Blofeld) b : a place
`in which a person keeps house or that is managed like a house-
`hold : QUARTERS (lunch with the young men at
`their mess
`— as all communal Ns appear to be called in the East —Evelyn
`Waugh) (apartment, an eight-room N on the fourteenth floor
`—E.J.Kahn) (very formal, and very well kept, whereas I had
`expected to find myself in an entirely Bohemian N NGeorge
`Copeland)
`c : domestic management
`:
`ii0usEKEEi>iNG (ac-
`commodates Our democratic N to the taste of the richest and
`most
`extravagant plebeian
`among us —-W.D.Howells)
`2 a 2 a savings club Organized in some Scottish and English
`communities so that each member pays in a set sum each week
`and the total sum is paid to a different member each week
`D dial Brit :
`the selling of goods (as cloth) on installments
`often by an itinerant vendor
`ménage a trois \m':inz'izha~trwll\ n [F, lit., household of three]
`: an arrangement in which three persons (as a married couple
`and the lover of One of the couple) share sexual relations esp.
`while they are living together (leaves a feeble young husband
`to become part of a Bohemian menuge d trofs —Times Lil.
`Supp.) (a more or less harmonious ménage a‘ trois ——Edmund
`Wilson)
`me-nag-er-ie \mé'naj(:9)rE, -ri also -azh~\ r1 -5 [F mérzagerie,
`fr. MF menageric management of a household or a farm, place
`where animals are tended, fr. menage household + -en’: -cry]
`1 a : a place where animals are kept and trained esp, for exhi-
`bition b : a collection of wild or foreign animals in cages Or
`enclosures; esp : one kept for exhibition (as with a circus)
`c abs 1 AVIARY 2 : a varied group or collection of persons or
`things that are strange, odd, or startling or foreign to One‘s ex-
`perience (a wonderful N of royal hangers-on —V.S.Pr1tchett)
`me-nag-er-ist \-rést\ I1
`-5 :
`the proprietor or manager of a
`menagerie
`V
`me-nai-on \mé‘na,on\ n, pl me»naia \-aa\ [MGk mE1mion,
`fr. neut. of mfinaios monthly, fr. Gk mén month —— more at
`MOON] usu cap : a collection of hymns and collects for all days
`of
`the year in the Eastern Orthodox Church arranged in
`calendar order and usu. divided into 12 volumes each for a
`different month and each containing the proper of the im-
`movable feasts of Christ or the saints for the month; also
`: any of these volumes
`menald \'men°ld, ‘men-\ adj [origin unknown] 3 SPECKLED,
`VARIEGATED
`me-naph-thone \m:':‘naf,th6n\ n
`-5
`[methyl + naphtha-
`quinorzc] : MENADIONE
`merpar-che \mé'ntir(,)kE, me‘-\ n -s ENL, tr.
`men- + Gk arch? beginning N. more at
`ARcm—] : the initiation of menstruation : the
`first menstrual period of an individual ~—
`(7 J
`Irgen-ar-che~al also men-ar-chi-al \-_kEol\
`men»as-pis \rné‘naspés\ rt, cap [NL, fr. Gk
`1715215 moon + NL -uspir —-— more at MOON]