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Webster 1913 Edition
Commemorate
Com-mem′o-rate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Commemorated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Commemorating
.] [L.
commemoratus
, p. p. of commemorare
to remember; com-
+ memorare
to mention, fr. memor
mindful. See Memory
.] 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 or 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
Syn. – See
Celebrate
. Webster 1828 Edition
Commemorate
COMMEMORATE
,Verb.
T.
The Lords supper is designed to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior.
Definition 2024
commemorate
commemorate
English
Verb
commemorate (third-person singular simple present commemorates, present participle commemorating, simple past and past participle commemorated)
- (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
- On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
- 2009, Naava Piatka, No Goodbyes: A Father-Daughter Memoir of Love, War and Resurrection, page 98:
- On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.
- (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
- The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
Translations
to honor the memory of someone or something
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to serve as memorial to someone or something
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Italian
Verb
commemorate
- second-person plural present indicative of commemorare
- second-person plural imperative of commemorare
- feminine plural of commemorato