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Webster 1913 Edition


Dedicatory

Ded′i-ca-to-ry

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
dédicatoire
.]
Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental.
“An epistle dedicatory.”
Dryden.

Ded′i-ca-to-ry

,
Noun.
Dedication.
[R.]
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dedicatory

DEDICATORY

,
Adj.
Composing a dedication; as an epistle dedicatory.

Definition 2024


dedicatory

dedicatory

English

Adjective

dedicatory (not comparable)

  1. of or pertaining to dedication.

Noun

dedicatory (plural dedicatories)

  1. A dedication.
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