to commit information to memory so you can recall it perfectly without needing to look it up.
From Latin 'memoria' (memory) plus '-ise' (to make or become). The noun 'memory' shares the Latin root 'memor' meaning mindful or remembering.
Before writing and printing, memorization was a crucial survival skill—scholars developed elaborate 'memory palaces' to store thousands of facts in their minds. The brain can actually store way more information than most people use; the challenge isn't capacity but retrieval and practice.
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