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Memorize

To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.

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Alternate 76% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Understudy 76% connected

To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Con 92% connected

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Learn 92% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Chronicle verb · 78% connection

To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.

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Civilization noun · 78% connection

the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity a…

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Confabulation noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

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Diary noun · 78% connection

A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a dia…

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Enroll noun · 78% connection

To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leav…

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Han noun · 78% connection

imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy;…

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History noun · 78% connection

all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning o…

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Log noun · 78% connection

Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a…

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Long-term memory noun · 78% connection

your general store of remembered information

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LTM noun · 78% connection

your general store of remembered information

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Make verb · 78% connection

To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a…

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March verb · 78% connection

TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause…

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Memoirs noun · 78% connection

A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in f…

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Memorabilia n. pl. · 78% connection

Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.

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Memorable adjective · 78% connection

Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

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Memorist noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, causes to be remembered.

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Memory noun · 78% connection

Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition;…

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Mind's eye noun · 78% connection

the imaging of remembered or invented scenes; "I could see her clearly in my mind's eye"

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