Dictionary entry

Memorize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mem″o‐rize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Memorized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Memorizing (?).] [See Memory.]

1. To cause to be remembered; hence, to record.

They neglect to memorize their conquest. Spenser.

They meant to... memorize another Golgotha. Shak.

2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart.