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Commemorate

Commemorate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Commemorate? [v] call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [v] be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [v] mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Commemorate: immortalise \| immortalize \| mark \| memorialise \| memorialize \| record \| remember Related Terms \| Find terms related to Commemorate: beat the drum \| blow the trumpet \| celebrate \| consecrate \| dedicate \| dress ship \| fire a salute \| hallow \| hold jubilee \| honor \| immortalize \| jubilate \| jubilize \| keep \| maffick \| make merry \| mark \| memorialize \| monument \| monumentalize \| observe \| remember \| revere \| reverence \| salute \| sanctify \| signalize \| solemnize \| solemnly mark \| sound a fanfare \| venerate See Also \| celebrate \| keep \| monumentalise \| monumentalize \| observe \| remind Commemorate In Webster's Dictionary \Commem"orate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commemorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commemorating}.] [L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See {Memory}.] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. --Atterbury. Syn: See {Celebrate}.

Commemorate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Commemorate?

[v] call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
[v] be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
[v] mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death"

Commemorate In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*mem"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Commemorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commemorating}.] [L.
commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- +
memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See {Memory}.]
To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to
celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or
event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to
preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to
commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by
the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the
Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth
of July.

      We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.
                                               --Atterbury.

Syn: See {Celebrate}.

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