Definitions for dedicate

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dedicate ded·i·cate

Spelling: [verb ded-i-keyt; adjective ded-i-kit]

IPA: /verb ˈdɛd ɪˌkeɪt; adjective ˈdɛd ɪ kɪt/

Dedicate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in dedicate (acddeeit).

Definitions for dedicate

adjective

1. dedicated.

verb (used with object)

1. to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose:
2. to devote wholly and earnestly, as to some person or purpose:
3. to offer formally (a book, piece of music, etc.) to a person, cause, or the like in testimony of affection or respect, as on a prefatory page.
4. (loosely) to inscribe a personal signature on (a book, drawing, etc., that is one's own work), usually with a salutation addressing the recipient.
5. to mark the official completion or opening of (a public building, monument, highway, etc.), usually by formal ceremonies.
6. to set aside for or assign to a specific function, task, or purpose:

Origin of dedicate

1375-1425; late Middle English (v. and adj.) Latin dēdicātus past participle of dēdicāre to declare, devote, equivalent to dē- de- + dicāre to indicate, consecrate, aki

Examples for dedicate

Haley: Do you intend to dedicate the rest of your life, then, to the Negro cause?

You must dedicate this morning to me: it's the last, you know.

Perhaps Ham will dedicate a plank in the replica ark to his bowtied benefactor.

Now the correspondents brazenly asked the president for permission to “dedicate it to your excellency.”

Decide as a family to share cooking responsibilities and dedicate enough time for healthy meals.

If a man should dedicate himself to the payment of notes, would not this be injustice?

During his college days at Boston University, he decided to dedicate his life to comedy.

Such is the discourse, half playful, half serious, which I dedicate to the god.

To dedicate the chapel to her patron saint was only natural.

He has told me of your days in South America together and how he told you to dedicate it.