dedicating

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord.— 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11.[1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

2.To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service. [1913 Webster]

The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]

3.To inscribe or address, as to a patron. [1913 Webster]

He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley.— Peacham.

Syn: See Addict. [1913 Webster]