Dedicate

Definition of Dedicate

Ded´i`cate

p. a.	1.	Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
v. t.	1.	To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use. [imp. & p. p. Dedicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dedicating.] Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. - 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. - A. Lincoln.
	2.	To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service. The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. - Clarendon.
	3.	To inscribe or address, as to a patron. He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley. - Peacham.

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