"memorise" meaning in English

See memorise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛm.ərˌaɪ̯z/ Audio: en-us-memorize.ogg [US] Forms: memorise [canonical], memorises [third-person, singular], memorised [past], memorised [past, participle], memorising [present, participle]
Etymology: memory + -ise Etymology templates: {{word parts|memory|-ise}} memory + -ise Head templates: {{verb|memoris|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you memorise something, you learn it by remembering it.
    Sense id: simple-memorise-en-verb-qd0Q1hof
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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