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Commemorate
Pronunciation : Com*mem"o*rate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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