Memoriter
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That is or has been recited from memory; that has been learned by heart. not-comparable
"memoriter evidence; memoriter preaching"
- 2 Of, pertaining to, or involved with the practice of recitation or learning by heart. not-comparable
"Wherever perfectly convenient, it is proposed that each member of these memoriter Societies should pay an annual tax,[…]."
- 1 By, or from, memory; by heart. not-comparable
"1818, John Henry Capper, 10 Papers Relating to the Convict Establishment, House of Commons Papers, Volume 16, Great Britain House of Commons, unnumbered page, The Holy Scriptures are daily read by them in general; and five-and-twenty chapters of them are, on an average, recited memoriter in the chapel every week."
Example
More examples"1818, John Henry Capper, 10 Papers Relating to the Convict Establishment, House of Commons Papers, Volume 16, Great Britain House of Commons, unnumbered page, The Holy Scriptures are daily read by them in general; and five-and-twenty chapters of them are, on an average, recited memoriter in the chapel every week."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin memoriter.
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