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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
memorise .
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Examples
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Studious practice of the memory palace technique and others, under Cooke's guidance, ultimately catapults Foer to his surprise victory in the US competition, during which he memorises a pack of cards in one minute and 40 seconds.
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She memorises her role by watching a Swiss production on the plane to New York, and only meets her co-lead and the conductor the day before the opening.
Tonight's TV highlights Jonathan Wright 2010
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The Kapitalyser: when activated, this system memorises the search words, the sites visited and the requests which were successful.
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Though arriving mute with little knowledge or recognition of his surroundings, Kyle quickly masters the English language, memorises the encyclopaedia effortlessly and shows astounding athletic abilities.
Kyle XY Declassified: Series 1 DVD: Competition | SciFi UK Review 2008
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The kind who memorises regulations and Bible verses and treats them as equally holy and equally reinterpretable- as required to suit the needs of current prejudice and expediency.
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I recommend he downloads this table (click here) from his own department, memorises its most egregious points, and sees what “full employment” soundbite means in the real world.
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I recommend he downloads this table (click here) from his own department, memorises its most egregious points, and sees what “full employment” soundbite means in the real world.
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I recommend he downloads this table (click here) from his own department, memorises its most egregious points, and sees what “full employment” soundbite means in the real world.
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If the hearer fails to recognise the word, it memorises it as a possible name for the object.
Computer Models – How New Words Become Part of the Language « Lorelle on WordPress 2005
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I should say myself that Mr Froude at certain moments rose higher than Mr Arnold ever did; nothing of the latter's can approach that magnificent passage on the passing of the Middle Ages and on the church-bell sound that memorises it.
Matthew Arnold George Saintsbury 1889
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