1823 "act or fact of memorializing;" 1857 as "action of committing to memory;" noun of action from memorize (v.).
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memorize v.
1590s, "commit to writing, cause to be remembered by writing or inscription;" see memory + -ize. The meaning "commit to memory, learn by heart, keep in memory, have always in mind" is by 1838. Related: Memorized; memorist; memorizing.