Webster's Dictionary 1913

2269

Memorial Day

Me‐mo″ri‐al Day. A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiers and sailors who served the ...

2270

Memorial rose

Memorial rose. A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is often planted in cemeteries.

2271

Memorialist

Me‐mo″ri‐al‐ist, n. [Cf. F. mémorialiste.] One who writes or signs a memorial.

2272

Memorialize

Me‐mo″ri‐al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Memorialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Memorializing (?).] To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize t...

2273

Memorializer

Me‐mo″ri‐al‐i′zer (?), n. One who petitions by a memorial. T. Hook.

2274

Memorist

Mem″o‐rist (?), n. [See Memorize.] One who, or that which, causes to be remembered.

2275

Memoriter

‖Me‐mor″i‐ter (?), adv. [L., fr. memor mindful. See Memorable.] By, or from, memory.

2276

Memorize

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 conq...

2277

Memory

Mem″o‐ry (?), n.; pl.Memories (#). [OE. memorie, OF. memoire, memorie, F. mémoire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. Demur, Martyr, Memoir, Remember.]1. The fac...

2278

Memphian

Mem″phi‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.

2279

Men

Men (?), n., pl. of Man.

2280

Men (2)

Men, pron. [OE. me, men. “Not the plural of man, but a weakened form of the word man itself.” Skeat.] A man; one; — used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the pr...

2281

Men-pleaser

Men″–pleas′er (?), n. One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6.

2282

Menaccanite

Me‐nac″can‐ite (?), n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium....

2283

Menace

Men″ace (mĕn″ā̍s; 48), n. [F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr. minax, -acis, projecting, threatening, minae projecting points or pinnacles, threats. Cf. Amenable, Demean, ...

2284

Menace (2)

Men″ace (mĕn″ā̍s; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Menaced (āst); p. pr. & vb. n.Menacing (?).] [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n.] 1. To express or show an intention to inflict, ...

2285

Menace (3)

Men″ace, v. i. To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.Who ever knew the heavens menace so? Shak.

2286

Menacer

Men″a‐cer (?), n. One who menaces.

2287

Menacingly

Men″a‐cing‐ly, adv. In a threatening manner.

2288

Ménage

‖Mé′nage″ (?), n. See Manage.

2289

Ménage (2)

‖Mé′nage″ (?), n. [See Menagerie.] A collection of animals; a menagerie. Addison.

2290

Menagerie

Men‐ag″er‐ie (?), n. [F. ménagerie, fr. ménager to keep house, ménage household. See Menial, Mansion.] 1. A piace where animals are kept and trained.2. A collection of wild or e...

2291

Menagogue

Men″a‐gogue (?), n. [F. ménagogue, fr. Gr. μήν month + � leading.] (Med.) Emmenagogue.

2292

Menaion

‖Me‐na″ion (?), n.; pl.Menaia (–yå). (Eccl.) A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same. Shipley.

2293

Menald

{ Men″ald (?), Men″ild (?), } a. Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.

2294

Mend

Mend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mended; p. pr. & vb. n.Mending.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.]1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to re...

2295

Mend (2)

Mend, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. Shak.