Definition of Commemorates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of commemorate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commemorates

1. commemorate [v] - See also: commemorate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commemorates

commaundment
commaunds
comme ci comme ça
comme il faut
commeasurable
commeasure
commeasured
commeasures
commeasuring
commedia dell'arte
commelina
commemorabilia
commemorable
commemorate
commemorated
commemorates
commemorating
commemoration
commemorations
commemorative
commemorative sign
commemoratively
commemoratives
commemorator
commemorators
commemoratory
commemorial
commence
commenced
commencement

Literary usage of Commemorates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"John the Evangelist, St. The Church commemorates the death-day of this saint on December 27, and fixes the year ST. JOHN RECEIVED AT THE TEMPLE. ..."

2. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"... the W. of the Zoological Gardens commemorates the 'Schützenfeste', or national rifle competitions, held at Frankfort in 1862 and 1887. e. Sachsenhausen. ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... signifies a monastery, and the name usually commemorates the site of one of these Buddhist institutions. Bihar. ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"Next to this monument on the south is one which commemorates Francis, the second Earl, and his first wife, Margaret St. John. It' is much inferior to that ..."

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