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memory
concentration (of card games):

Also called "memory," a game in which all 52 cards are spread out face down on the table and each player in turn exposes two cards at a time and replaces them face down if they do not constitute a pair, the object being to take the most pairs by remembering the location of the cards previously exposed.

Origin:

1275–1325; Middle English memorie < Latin memoria, equivalent to memor mindful, remembering + -ia -y3. British dictionary: C14: from Old French memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful. —Dictionary.com. //

First Known Use of memory: 13th century. History and Etymology for memory: Middle English memorie, from Anglo-French memoire, memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful; akin to Old English gemimor well-known, Greek mermēra care, Sanskrit smarati he remembers. —Merriam-Webster.

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Added: 24 June 2020 {10:21 PM} // Updated: 10 August 2020 {10:38 AM}
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