memoriter UK /məˈmɒɹɪtə/US /məˈmoɹɪtəɹ/adjective 2adverb 1 adjective2 •That is or has been recited from memory; that has been learned by heart.[…] and he must exercise a constant vigilance, to guard against a mere memoriter and unintelligent study,[…]. — 1839 •Of, pertaining to, or involved with the practice of recitation or learning by heart.Wherever perfectly convenient, it is proposed that each member of these memoriter Societies should pay an annual tax,[…]. — 1816 adverb1 •By, or from, memory; by heart.The Holy Scriptures are daily read by them in general; and five-and-twenty chapters of them are, on an average, recited memoriter in the chapel every week. — 1818
