Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

memorate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mem-o-rate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.

verb

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate."

Etymology

From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: memorātus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

memorates (plural) memorat (alternative) memorates (present, singular) memorating (participle, present) memorated (participle, past) memorated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

fabulate memorandum memory

Questions

What does memorate mean?: an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
Where does memorate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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