rememorare

Rememorare is a Latin verb meaning to remember again, to recall, or to remind oneself of something. In classical Latin, it denotes the act of bringing a memory to mind or recounting past events, often with a sense of deliberate recollection or rhetorical emphasis. It is a regular first-conjugation verb, with principal parts rememorare, rememoravi, rememoratum, and typical 1st-conjugation endings such as rememorat in the present indicative and rememorabat in the imperfect.

The verb is closely related to the noun memoria (memory) and to other memory-related terms such as reminiscor, a deponent verb meaning to recall or reminisce. Rememorare can take a direct object to indicate what is being recalled, and it can appear with phrases that specify context or circumstance (for example, de re, ad memoriam, or with related subordinate clauses in rhetorical prose).

In use, rememorare occurs in Latin literary, legal, and religious texts to emphasize recollection of events, duties, laws, or counsel. It can convey both subjective recollection and the act of prompting memory in others, functioning similarly to English reminders to recall or recount.

Cognates exist in other Romance languages, such as Portuguese rememorar and Spanish rememorar, reflecting the shared root in memoria. In English, rememorate is rare and largely archaic; more common modern equivalents are remember, recollect, or reminisce.