单词 | to commit to memory |
释义 | > as lemmasto commit to memory b. transitive. To learn so as to be able to recall from memory without assistance; to memorize. Chiefly in to commit to memory. Also without complement (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > memorization > memorize, learn by heart [verb (transitive)] record?c1225 renderc1380 to can by rotec1405 con?a1425 to con by heartc1449 can1496 to bear away1530 get1540 commend to memory1550 commit?1551 to con over1605 rotea1616 lodge1622 to get off by heart1709 memorize1834 rehearse1902 memorate1983 ?1551 H. Wingfield Compend. or Shorte Treat. i. sig. B.ij The phantasye alwayes conceiuyng thinges, and committynge them to memorye. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Argt. 226 The Epistle is worthie to be committed to memorie. 1606 S. Gardiner Doomes-day Bk. xi. 83 A godly man purposing to commit the whole Psalme to memorie, and to meditate well vpon it. 1696 E. Pelling Disc. Existence God xi. 421 To commit Notions to Memory for a long time. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 259 Things which we would commit to our Remembrance. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xiii. 403 The grammatical formulæ may then by gentle degrees be committed to memory. 1837 Musical World 15 Dec. 220 The melodies are such as the youthful mind may readily commit to memory. 1868 Mich. Univ. Mag. Feb. 190 Having failed to commit his speech, he was compelled to have constant recourse to his notes. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 116 No longer compelled to commit to memory many thousand..verses. 1921 H. B. Wilson Motivation School Work (rev. ed.) xiii. 251 The child wants to commit the poem in order to have it at hand for reciting at home. 1965 K. Vonnegut God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1967) vi. 77 The only poem I ever thought enough of to commit to heart. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 78/2 In the preliterate past, information was committed to memory, not to paper. < as lemmas |
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