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Dismember

To cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of.
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Remember

To recall to the mind with effort; think of again
I finally remembered the address.
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Dismember

To divide into pieces.
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Remember

To have (something) arise in one's memory; become aware of (something) suddenly or spontaneously
Then I remembered that today is your birthday.
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Dismember

(transitive) To remove the limbs of.
Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
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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.
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Remember

To keep (someone) in mind as worthy of consideration or recognition.
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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.
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Remember

To reward with a gift or tip
Remembered his niece in his will.
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Dismember

To deprive of membership.
They were dismembered by vote of the house.
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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
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Remember

(Engineering) To return to (an original shape or form) after being deformed or altered. Used especially of certain materials.
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Dismember

Divide into pieces;
Our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
The Empire was discerped after the war
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Remember

(Archaic) To remind.
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Remember

To have or use the power of memory.
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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.
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Remember

To memorize; to put something into memory.
Please remember this formula!
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Remember

To keep in mind, be mindful of
Remember what I've said.
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Remember

To not forget (to do something required)
Remember to lock the door when you go out.
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Remember

To convey greetings from.
Please remember me to your brother.
She asks to be remembered to you all.
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Remember

(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
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Remember

(intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.
You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
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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.
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Remember

(transitive) to commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony
Today we remember and honour those who have served.
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Remember

(rare) re-member
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Remember

To mention.
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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.
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Remember

To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.
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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
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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!
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Remember

Recapture the past; indulge in memories;
He remembered how he used to pick flowers
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Remember

Show appreciation to;
He remembered her in his will
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Remember

Mention favourably, as in prayer;
Remember me in your prayers
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Remember

Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;
Remember me to your wife
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Remember

Exercise, or have the power of, memory;
After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
Some remember better than others
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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
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