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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Memoir  \Mem"oir\,  or  pl  Memoirs  \Mem"oirs\,  n.  [F.  m['e]moire, 
  m.,  memorandum,  fr  m['e]moire,  f.,  memory,  L.  memoria.  See 
  {Memory}.] 
  1.  A  memorial  account;  a  history  composed  from  personal 
  experience  and  memory;  an  account  of  transactions  or 
  events  (usually  written  in  familiar  style)  as  they  are 
  remembered  by  the  writer.  See  {History},  2. 
 
  2.  A  memorial  of  any  individual;  a  biography;  often  a 
  biography  written  without  special  regard  to  method  and 
  completeness. 
 
  3.  An  account  of  something  deemed  noteworthy;  an  essay;  a 
  record  of  investigations  of  any  subject;  the  journals  and 
  proceedings  of  a  society. 




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