Remembers

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To bring a past experience or fact back to mind; to honor or keep the memory of someone or something in a respectful way
2. To retrieve or think about information stored in the mind; to observe or celebrate the memory of a person or event
3. To recollect something from the past; to pay tribute to and keep alive the memory of a person or occasion

Etymology: The verb "remembers" is simply the third-person singular form of "remember," so its story is the story of the base verb. That verb entered English from Old French "remembrer," which came from Late Latin "rememorari," meaning "to remember again," built from the prefix re- and "memor," "mindful." Those Latin roots trace back to a much older Indo-European root meaning "to think about" or "be mindful." The French word had an unexpected helper. English already had a native Germanic verb, Old English "mimorian" or "mymerian," meaning "to remember, commemorate," and its close relatives in Dutch and German meant "to muse" or "ponder." The two words sounded and meant so much alike that the French import settled into English more easily. Old English also supplied several native words for remembering, such as "gemynegian," which were gradually displaced.

Synonyms: recalls, recollects

Antonyms: forgets