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Dedicate

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. obsolete

    "Dedicate to nothing temporal."

Noun
  1. 1
    One who dedicates themselves, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.

    "Glancing at the crowd of onlookers, she said, “I know that service at the dining hall will be over soon”—instantly a few dedicates and all of the novices hurried away—“and some of us here would like to prepare our own meal.” […] Out of sight of the dedicates, she climbed over the short fence and escaped to Winding Circle's biggest library."

Verb
  1. 1
    To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. transitive
  2. 2
    set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church wordnet
  3. 3
    To set apart for a special use. transitive

    "dedicated their money to scientific research."

  4. 4
    inscribe or address by way of compliment wordnet
  5. 5
    To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action. transitive

    "dedicated ourselves to starting our own business."

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  1. 6
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause wordnet
  2. 7
    To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection. transitive
  3. 8
    open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building wordnet
  4. 9
    To open (a building, for example) to public use. transitive
  5. 10
    To show to the public for the first time. transitive

    "dedicate a monument."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dedicaten (“to dedicate”), from dedicat(e) (“dedicated”, also used as the past participle of dedicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin dēdicātus, the perfect passive participle of dēdicō (“to dedicate, proclaim”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

from Middle English dedicat(e) (“dedicated”, also used as the past participle of dedicaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. The nouns is derived through substantivization from Latin dēdicātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 3

from Middle English dedicat(e) (“dedicated”, also used as the past participle of dedicaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. The nouns is derived through substantivization from Latin dēdicātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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