Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dedicate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which
also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.
viii. 10, 11.
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.
2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty
or service.
The profession of a soldier, to which he had
dedicated himself. --Clarendon.
3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to
the Lord Burghley. --Peacham.
Syn: See {Addict}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {give}, {commit}, {devote}]
2: open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The
Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and bursing
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
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