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Remember

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.

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Broader term 19

Advert 76% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bequeath 76% connected

To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.

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Celebrate 76% connected

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Colligate 76% connected

To tie or bind together.

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Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Mention 76% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Will 76% connected

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide t…

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Manner of action 9

Characterize 76% connected

To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

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Know 76% connected

Knee.

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Refresh 76% connected

To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew…

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Retain 76% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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Retrospect 76% connected

To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Derivationally related 6

Anamnesis 74% connected

A recalling to mind; recollection.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Anamnesis 74% connected

A recalling to mind; recollection.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remembrance 74% connected

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remembrance 74% connected

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Commemorate 92% connected

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Commend 92% connected

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recall 92% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recollect 92% connected

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retrieve 92% connected

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Think 92% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Bury 94% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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Bury 94% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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