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   dedicate

   /ˈdɛdɪkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose: "Joan has dedicated her life to animals" Similar devotecommitpledgebindobligategivegive oversurrenderset asideallotallocateconsignsacrifice
   • ▪ devote (something) to a particular subject: "volume four is dedicated to wasps"
   • ▪ cite or nominate (a book or other artistic work) as being issued or performed in someone's honour: "the novel is dedicated to the memory of my mother" Similar inscribeaddressnameassignoffer
   • ▪ formally open or unveil (a building or monument): "today the President dedicates the new Second World War memorial in Washington"
   • ▪ ceremonially assign (a church or other building) to a deity or saint: "the parish church is dedicated to St Paul" Similar devoteassignblessconsecratesanctifyhallowmake holymake sacred

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘devote to sacred use by solemn rites’): from Latin dedicat- ‘devoted, consecrated’, from the verb dedicare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dedicatee noun
   • 2. dedicatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

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   • E

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