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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: dedicate v 1: furnish or contribute; "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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