Thesaurus: dedicate

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1. p. a. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. t. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
4. v. t. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
5. v. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
6. v. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
7. v. inscribe or address by way of compliment
8. v. set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
9. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate to nothing temporal." Shak. Syn. -- Devoted; consecrated; addicted. 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.
10. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate tonothing temporal." Shak.
11. v:100 v. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building v. inscribe or address by way of compliment v. set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church