Remembered

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚd/

Definitions

1. Held in one's memory as something known or experienced ; to bring back to mind something from the past
2. Retained information or events in the mind ; to think of something again from past experience
3. Stored a fact or event mentally ; to consciously recall or bring an image or idea back to consciousness

Etymology: The past form "remembered" inherits a word that once competed with a native English one. Old French "remembrer" came from Late Latin "rememorari," meaning "to remember again," built from "re-" and "memor" ("mindful"). English had its own verb, Old English "mimorian" or "mymerian," meaning "to remember, commemorate," which sounded close enough that the French import found an easy home. The native word, descended from the same ancient root, was related to Old Norse "Mímir," the god of memory, and it is the reason the Latin-derived verb won such a secure place in English. Other native English words for the same idea were pushed aside. Middle English "ȝemuneȝen," "minnen," and "munden" all meant roughly "to remember" or "to bear in mind," and each eventually gave way to the French-derived verb. The English verb itself is simply "re-" attached to "member," so the sense of bringing a thing back into the mind is built into its structure.

Synonyms: recalled, recollected

Antonyms: forgotten, overlooked