memory
mem.o.ry \'mem-(*-)re-\ n [ME memorie, fr. MF memoire, fr. L memoria, fr.
memor m]indful; akin to OE mimorian to remember, L mora delay, Gk merme-ra
care, Skt smarati he remembers 1a: the power or process of reproducing or
recalling what has been learned and retained esp. through associative
mechanisms 1b: persistent modification of structure or behavior resulting
from an orga nism's activity or experience 1c: the store of things learned
and retained as evidenced by recall and rec ognition 2a: commemorative
remembrance 2b: the fact or condition of being remembered 3a: a
particular act of recall or recollection 3b: an image or impression of
someone or something remembered 3c: the time within which past events can
be or are remembered 4: a component in an electronic computing machine
into which information ca n be inserted, stored, and extracted when needed
applies both to the power of remembering and to what is remembered;
REMEMBRANCE applies to the act of remembering or the fact of being
remembered; RECOLLECTION adds an implication of consciously bringing back
to mind often with some effort; REMINISCENCE suggests the recalling of
incidents, experience, or feelings from a remote past SYN syn REMEMBRANCE,
RECOLLECTION, REMINISCENCE; MEMORY