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  1. transitive verb To recall to the mind with effort; think of again: I finally remembered the address.
  2. transitive verb To recall or become aware of suddenly or spontaneously: Then I remembered that today is your birthday.
  3. transitive verb To retain in the memory: Remember your appointment.
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  • Since Gillett was the money man in the merger with Petty -- remember, Petty Enterprises was on the brink of a collapse before partnering with GEM -- many people are worried about the long-term health of RPM.
  • There is a marking painted on the lens barrel to help you remember which is A (utomatic) and which is M (anual) focus. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • And we have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember, then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition) - Holy Quran 54: 17 16 This presentation is a part of More on Islam presentation series. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • One of the most important aspects of equine neonatology is that the foal must receive adequate colostrum -- remember, foals are born without a competent immune system and they depend on their mother's colostrum, which contains antibodies (immunoglobulins), to fight off infection. —  TheHorse.com News
  • Are we sure the consequences of climate change - remember, a thick sheet of ice once covered the Midwest - must be bad? —  RealClimate
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  1. Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer, from Latin rememorārī, to remember again : re-, re- + memor, mindful; see (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer (reflexive), French remembrer =Provencal remembrar =Old Spanish remembrar =Portuguese lembrar =Italian rimembrare (also in modern form directly after L., French rémemorer =Provencal Spanish Portuguese rememorar =Italian rimemorare), from Late Latin rememorari, Middle Latin also rememorare, recall to mind, remember, from Latin re-, again, + memorare, bring to remembrance, mention, recount, from memor, remembering, mindful: see memorate, memory.
 

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