Dismember vs. Remember
Dismember and Remember Definitions
Dismember
To cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of.
Remember
To recall to the mind with effort; think of again
I finally remembered the address.
Dismember
To divide into pieces.
Remember
To have (something) arise in one's memory; become aware of (something) suddenly or spontaneously
Then I remembered that today is your birthday.
Dismember
(transitive) To remove the limbs of.
Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
Remember
To retain in the memory
Remember your appointment.
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Dismember
(transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.
The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
Remember
To keep (someone) in mind as worthy of consideration or recognition.
Dismember
To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
Fowls obscene dismembered his remains.
A society lacerated and dismembered.
By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire.
Remember
To reward with a gift or tip
Remembered his niece in his will.
Dismember
To deprive of membership.
They were dismembered by vote of the house.
Remember
To give greetings from
Remember me to your family.
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Dismember
Separate the limbs from the body;
The tiger dismembered the tourist
Remember
(Engineering) To return to (an original shape or form) after being deformed or altered. Used especially of certain materials.
Dismember
Divide into pieces;
Our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
The Empire was discerped after the war
Remember
(Archaic) To remind.
Remember
To have or use the power of memory.
Remember
To recall something; have a recollection.
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Remember
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
Remember
To memorize; to put something into memory.
Please remember this formula!
Remember
To keep in mind, be mindful of
Remember what I've said.
Remember
To not forget (to do something required)
Remember to lock the door when you go out.
Remember
To convey greetings from.
Please remember me to your brother.
She asks to be remembered to you all.
Remember
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
Remember
(intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.
You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
Remember
(transitive) To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
Remember
(transitive) to commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony
Today we remember and honour those who have served.
Remember
(rare) re-member
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.
We are said to remember anything, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before.
Remember
To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
That they may have their wages duly paid 'em,And something over to remember me by.
Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste.
Remember
To put in mind; to remind; - also used reflexively and impersonally.
My friends remembered me of home.
Remember you of passed heaviness.
And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee.
Remember
To mention.
Remember
To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.
Remember
To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.
Remember
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
I can't remember saying any such thing
I can't think what her last name was
Can you remember her phone number?
Do you remember that he once loved you?
Call up memories
Remember
Keep in mind for attention or consideration;
Remember the Alamo
Remember to call your mother every day!
Think of the starving children in India!
Remember
Recapture the past; indulge in memories;
He remembered how he used to pick flowers
Remember
Show appreciation to;
He remembered her in his will
Remember
Mention favourably, as in prayer;
Remember me in your prayers
Remember
Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;
Remember me to your wife
Remember
Exercise, or have the power of, memory;
After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
Some remember better than others
Remember
Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony;
We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Remember the dead of the First World War
