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memorates

memorates is the plural of memorate.

memorates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of memorate.

Meaning of memorate

Noun

memorate (plural memorates)

  1. an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
    • An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate.1974, Linda Dégh, Andrew Vázsonyi, “The memorate and the proto-memorate”, in The Journal of American Folklore, volume 87, →DOI, page 232

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Questions about memorates

What is memorates the plural of?
Memorates is the plural of memorate.

Words near memorates in the dictionary

  1. memorandums of understanding
  2. Memorare
  3. memorat
  4. memorate
  5. memorated
  6. memorates
  7. memorating
  8. memorative
  9. memorats
  10. memoria
  11. memoria technica

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