Definition of "memorize" []

• To commit to memory; learn by heart. (verb-transitive)
• Computer Science To store in memory: "Some programmable phones can now memorize up to 100 numbers” ( Time). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I have no trouble remembering wordless music, up to and including whole symphonies, but the only kind of poetry I can memorize is that with a melody."
• "Yes, learning and remember is part of grad school, but grad school, or even starting with first-year college, the purpose is to learn, and not learn to memorize, which is, in reality, what a lot of exams do, even if it's an essay-type essay (vs. multiple choice)."
• "Classes that "memorize" trig formulas in November can't remember a thing about them in May."