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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

स्मृ v.l. for √ स्पृ q.v.
स्मृ cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xxii, 35) स्म/रति (mc. also °ते; pf. सस्मार, सस्मर्थ, सस्मरुः, MBh.; R. &c.; aor. अस्मार्षीत्, °षुः, ib.; fut. स्मर्ता, स्मरिष्यति, ib.; inf. स्मर्तुम्, ib.; ind.p. स्मृत्वा, GṛŚrS.; स्मरित्वा, MBh.; -स्मृत्य, स्मारम् [q.v.] ib. &c.),
to remember, recollect, bear in mind, call to mind, think of, be mindful of (gen. or acc.; the action remembered is expressed by a p.p. or an impf. with यद्, ‘that’, or by a fut. without यद्; the fut. may stand with यद्, if there are two actions; cf. Pāṇ. ii, 3, 52; iii, 2, 112 &c.), RV. &c. &c.;
to remember or think of with sorrow or regret, MBh.;
to hand down memoriter, teach, declare, RPrāt.; Kāś.; Pañcat.;
to recite, Hcat. :
Pass. स्मर्य/ते (aor. अस्मारि; Prec. स्मृषीष्ट or स्मरिषीष्ट),
to be remembered or recorded or declared (as a law) or mentioned in the Smṛti (with न, ‘to be passed over in silence’), Br.; Rājat.; Sarvad.;
to be declared or regarded as, pass for (nom. or loc.), Āpast.; Kāś. :
Caus. स्मारयति (rarely स्मरयति; mc. also Ā.; aor. असस्मरत्; Pass. स्मार्यते),
to cause to remember or be mindful of or regret, MBh.; R. &c. (cf. Pāṇ. i, 3, 67 Sch.);
to remind any one of (two acc. or acc. and gen. or rarely gen. of person), MBh.; Kāv. &c.:
Desid. सुस्मूर्षते (Pāṇ. i, 3, 57), to wish to remember, Bhaṭṭ. :
Intens. सास्मर्यते or सास्मर्ति Gr.
स्मृ [cf. Gk. μέρμερος ; Lat. memor, mora.]

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

स्मृ
I. 5 P. (स्मृणोति)

1 To please, gratify.

2 To protect, defend.

3 To live.
II. 1 P. (Atm. also in epic poetry) (स्मरति, स्मृत; pass. स्मर्यते)

1 (a) To remember, bear or keep in mind, recollect, call to mind, be aware of; स्मरोस सुरसनीरां तत्र गोदावरीं वा स्मरसि च तदुपांतेष्वावयोर्वर्तनानि U. 1. 26. (b) To call to mind, call upon mentally, think of; स्मरात्मनोऽभीष्टदेवतां Pt. 1; R. 15. 45

2 To recite mentally or call upon the name of a deity &c.; यः स्मरेत्पुंडरीकाक्षं सबाह्याभ्यंतरः शुचिः.

3 To lay down or record in a Smṛti; तथा च स्मरंति.

4 To declare, regard, consider; Pt. 1. 30.

5 To remember with regret, yearn after, long or desire for (oft. with gen.); स्मर्तुं दिसंति न दिवः सुरसुंदरीभ्यः Ki. 5. 28; कच्चिद्भर्तुः स्मरसि रसिके त्वं हि तस्य प्रियेति Me. 85; Mu. 5. 14; भवत्याः स्मरतात्यर्थमर्पितः सादरं मम Bk. 8. 118.

— Caus. (स्मारयति-ते, but स्मरयति-ते in the last sense)

1 To cause to remember, remind, put in mind of, call to mind; अनेन मत्प्रियाभियोगेन स्मारयसि मे पूर्वशिष्यां सौदामिनीं Māl. 1; sometimes with two acc.; अपि चंद्रगुप्तदोषा अतिक्रांतपार्थिवगुणान् स्मारयंति प्रकृतीः Mu. 1; य एव दुःस्मरः कालस्तमेव स्मारिता वयं U. 6. 34.

2 To give information.

3 To cause to remember with regret, cause to long or desire for; Śi. 6. 56, 8. 64.

— Desid. (सुस्मूर्षते) To wish to recollect.