Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commemorating"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.
--Atterbury.

Syn: See {Celebrate}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

commemorating
adj : intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" [syn:
{commemorative}]


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