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[syn: commemorative, commemorating]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
commemorating \commemorating\ adj.
of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.
Syn: commemorative.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commemorate \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.
[1913 Webster]
We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.
--Atterbury.
Syn: See Celebrate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
commemorating
adj 1: intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque"
[syn: commemorative, commemorating]