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memorized

memorized is the simple past and past participle of memorize.

Meaning of memorize

Verb

memorize (third-person singular simple present memorizes, present participle memorizing, simple past and past participle memorized)

  1. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
    • I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, →ISBN, page 543

Words formed from memorized

Questions about memorized

What is memorized the simple past and past participle of?
Memorized is the simple past and past participle of memorize.

Words near memorized in the dictionary

  1. memorizability
  2. memorizable
  3. memorization
  4. memorizations
  5. memorize
  6. memorized
  7. memorizer
  8. memorizers
  9. memorizes
  10. memorizing
  11. memorizings

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