commemorate

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. celebrate by some ceremony or observation Source: wordnet

3. v. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony Source: wordnet

4. v. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event Source: wordnet

5. 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 of 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. Source: webster

6. To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; tocelebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event,by some act of respect of affection, intended to preserve theremembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferingsand dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper;to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance ofthe Fourth of July.We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury. Source: adambom

7. v:100 v. mark by some ceremony or observation v. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony v. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event Source: ecdict

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