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verb

Dedicate v. t. (past & past part. dedicated; pres. part. dedicating)

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." "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."

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."

To inscribe or address, as to a patron. "He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley."

Synonyms: See Addict.

adjective

Dedicate adj. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate to nothing temporal."

Synonyms: Devoted; consecrated; addicted.

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"Dedicate" Quotes from Famous Books

... G. and to G. L. F., without whom I should have been powerless, do I dedicate my share in this book. ...

— The Beggar's Opera - to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song • John Gay

... government, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has ...

— Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements • Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan

... ought to be devoted to a purpose clearly and intimately connected with the church. Many honourable members were of opinion that such a fund should be applied to the education of the people: government would prefer to dedicate it to the repairs of the fabric of the church itself. His lordship then entered into details to show that the present system of managing church property was improvident and unsatisfactory; and that ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... God, and with that wherein his great name and his glory is concerned, you must not think of honouring, but rather abashing yourselves, and creeping low in the dust. Livy tells us,(1376) that when M. Claudius Marcellus would have dedicate a temple to Honour and Virtue, the priests hindered it, quod utri deo res divina fieret, sciri non posset, because so it could not be known to which of the two gods he should offer sacrifice. Far be it from any of you to suffer the will ...

— The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Gillespie

... dedicate a new institution to the promotion of our knowledge of the heavens, it appeared to me that an appropriate and interesting subject might be the present and future problems of astronomy. Yet it seemed, on further reflection, that, apart from ...

— Side-lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science • Simon Newcomb

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