Memoirizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To compose a factual or personal written account of one's experiences or of events witnessed ; to preserve memories by recording details in narrative form ; to document life stories for future recollection
2. To create autobiographical or biographical writings that chronicle real-life events ; to capture and store memories through descriptive storytelling ; to write down personal or historical narratives to maintain remembrance
3. To produce a detailed narrative that recounts personal or historical experiences ; to commit to writing an account intended to preserve memory ; to document past events for the purpose of sharing or remembering them

Etymology: "Memoirize" is a verb formed in English by adding the suffix "-ize" to "memoir," which entered English from French "mémoire," meaning "memory" or "record," and ultimately from Latin "memoria," the same root that gives English "memory." The original sense of "memoir" in English was a written record or account of events, and it was often used in the plural for the reports of learned societies before it came to mean a personal life story. The suffix "-ize," from Greek "-izein," turns a noun into a verb meaning "to make into" or "to treat in the manner of," as in "computerize" or "publicize." "Memoirize" therefore means to turn experiences into a memoir or to record a life story in that form. Like many such verbs, it is a modern formation built from familiar parts rather than an old word with a long history.

Synonyms: documents, records, chronicles, recounts, narrates