dedicate
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verb
address to, award, bestow, confer, confer honor on, consecrare, consecrate, convey, dedicare, devote, do honor, donate, endow, enshrine, give, give a prize, give earnestly, give honor, hallow, honor, immortalize, inscribe, offer to give, pay honor, philanthropize, present, reflect honor on, render honor to, set apart, set apart for special use, set aside, vest
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devote
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006
- dedicate
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v.
For a private owner to convey land or an easement to the public for public use.
n.
dedication
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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dedicate — (v.) early 15c. (of churches), from L. dedicatus, pp. of dedicare consecrate, proclaim, affirm, set apart, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + dicare proclaim, from stem of dicere to speak, to say (see DICTION (Cf. diction)). Dedicated … Etymology dictionary
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dedicate — ► VERB 1) devote to a particular subject, task, or purpose. 2) address (a book) to a person as a sign of respect or affection. 3) ceremonially assign (a church or other building) to a deity or saint. DERIVATIVES dedicatee noun dedicator noun… … English terms dictionary
dedicate — [ded′i kit; ] for v. [, ded′ikāt΄] adj. [ME dedicat < L dedicatus, pp. of dedicare, to consecrate, declare < de , intens. + dicare, to proclaim < dicere, to say: see DICTION] Archaic dedicated vt. dedicated, dedicating [ME dedicaten < … English World dictionary
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