1.
[syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote]
2. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building;
- Example: "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
3. inscribe or address by way of compliment;
- Example: "She dedicated her book to her parents"
4. set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dedicate \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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dedicate \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.
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Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which
also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.
viii. 10, 11.
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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.
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2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty
or service.
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The profession of a soldier, to which he had
dedicated himself. --Clarendon.
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3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
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He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to
the Lord Burghley. --Peacham.
Syn: See Addict.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dedicate
v 1: 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" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit,
devote]
2: open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The
Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing
homes"
3: inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her
book to her parents"
4: set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "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