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Definition of Dedicate
1. Verb. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. "Consecrate your life to the church"
Exact synonyms: Commit, Consecrate, Devote, Give
Specialized synonyms: Consecrate, Vow, Rededicate, Apply
Related verbs: Give, Give, Sacrifice
Generic synonyms: Apply, Employ, Use, Utilise, Utilize
Derivative terms: Commitment, Consecration, Dedication, Dedication, Dedication, Dedication, Devotee, Devotion, Devotion
Specialized synonyms: Consecrate, Vow, Rededicate, Apply
Related verbs: Give, Give, Sacrifice
Generic synonyms: Apply, Employ, Use, Utilise, Utilize
Derivative terms: Commitment, Consecration, Dedication, Dedication, Dedication, Dedication, Devotee, Devotion, Devotion
2. Verb. Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building. "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
3. Verb. Inscribe or address by way of compliment. "She dedicated her book to her parents"
4. Verb. Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church.
Definition of Dedicate
1. p. a. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Dedicate
1. to set apart for some special use [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]