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memoriter

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /məˈmɒɹɪtə/
  • General-American: /məˈmoɹɪtəɹ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That is or has been recited from memory; that has been learned by heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • memoriter evidence; memoriter preaching

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, pertaining to, or involved with the practice of recitation or learning by heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

By, or from, memory; by heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memoriter.