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Dedicate

Dedicate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dedicate?
[v] set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
[v] inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents" [v] give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [v] open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and bursing homes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dedicate: commit | consecrate | devote Related Terms | Find terms related to Dedicate: address | allot | apply | appropriate | assign | beatify | bless | canonize | cleanse | commit | confide | consecrate | consign | devote | direct | enshrine | entrust | exalt | give | give over | give over to | give up | glorify | hallow | inscribe | offer | pledge | purify | saint | sanctify | set | set apart | surrender | yield See Also | apply | assign | employ | give | inaugurate | inscribe | kick off | rededicate | render | set apart | specify | use | utilise | utilize | vow Dedicate In Webster's Dictionary \Ded"i*cate\, p. a. [L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to
affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin
to dicere to say. See {Diction}.]
Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. ``Dedicate to
nothing temporal.'' --Shak.
Syn: Devoted; consecrated; addicted.
\Ded"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dedicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dedicating}.] 1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use. Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. --A. Lincoln. 2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service. The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. --Clarendon. 3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron. He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley. --Peacham. Syn: See {Addict}. |
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