Reverse Dictionary: MEMORIZE

ADJECTIVES
► LEAKY not reticent; blabbing; of memory: not retentive → 1692
► MEMORIOUS having a good memory; mindful of → 1599 obs.
► MINDY having recollection or remembrance, retaining memories; taking thought or care, mindful, heedful; being conscious or aware → a1000 obs.
► THOUGHT-RIFE having a ready memory → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNACCOUNTABLE irresponsible, failing in memory, esp. used of old people → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► OFF OF ONE’S TONGUE from memory → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PERQUEER by heart, from memory; perfectly, exactly; clearly, distinctly → 1480 Sc.
► PERQUIRE by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly → 1775 Sc. obs.

NOUNS
► ACCIDENCE a slip of memory; an accident → 1826 Sc.
► ALZHEIMER’S AVENUE an area in a hospital or nursing home frequented by memory-impaired patients → 1987 Aust. sl.
► ATTIC the head; mind, memory → 1823 Amer. sl.
► BRAIN FREEZE sudden mental paralysis; a lapse of memory or concentration; a mental block → 1988
► BRAIN LOCK sudden mental paralysis; a lapse of memory or concentration; a mental block → 1934
► CHEAT SHEET a written memory aid, usually but not always clandestine → 1957 US sl.
► HEART LESSON a lesson memorized or learned ‘by heart’ → 1932 Amer. dial.
► MADDLIN a bad memory → 1905 Eng. dial (Bk.)
► MEMORY GEM a brief text, as a verse, proverb, etc. committed to memory → 1897 Amer. dial.
► MONE mine, memory; intention → a1225 obs.
► MONING a remembering; remembrance; memory → c1250 obs.
► RECOMMEMB’ANCE memory → 1899 Amer. dial.
► REMEMBER one’s memory; a memory → 1945 Amer. dial.
► SOVENANCE n. remembrance, memory → 1477 obs.
► TOPOLOGY the art of assisting the memory by associating the thing to be remembered with some place or building, the parts of which are well known → 1860 obs.
► VAPOUR LOCK a temporary loss of common sense or memory → 1996 US sl.
► VID a striking image or memory → 1990s sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► GETTER-OFF one with a good memory, who can easily learn by heart → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► CHART to commit to memory, to comprehend → 1960s US sl.
► DAFF to falter in memory → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAFFLE to become confused, to become stupid; of old people: to dote, to betray loss of memory and of mental faculties → 1796 Eng. dial.
► DRAG ONE’S BRAINS to search one’s memory; to try hard to remember something → 1847 obs.
► ELAPSE to lapse, to sink insensibly into; to slip away from memory → 1742 obs.
► GOUGE to memorize something; to use a mnemonic device → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE A MEMORY LIKE A FROG-TAIL to have a very bad or no memory → 1875 Eng. dial.
► MANDATE to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize → 1705  Sc.
► PONY to memorize; to plagiarize → 1847
► RAT-RHYME to repeat from memory without attaching any meaning to the words → 19C Sc.
► RECOLLECTS memory → 1875 Eng. dial.