Definition of Commemorate

Com`mem´o`rate
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.]
We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.
- Atterbury.


Related Words

beat the drum, blow the trumpet, celebrate, consecrate, dedicate, dress ship, fire a salute, hallow, hold jubilee, honor, immortalize, jubilate, jubilize, keep, maffick, make merry, mark, memorialize, monument, monumentalize, observe, remember, revere, reverence, salute, sanctify, signalize, solemnize, solemnly mark, sound a fanfare, venerate

Search

Word:

Browse

Commandant
Commandatory
Commandeer
Commander
Commander in chief
Commandership
Commandery
Commanding
Commandingly
Commandment
Commando
Commandress
Commandry
Commark
Commaterial
Commatic
Commatism
Commeasurable
Commeasure
Commemorable
commemorating
Commemoration
Commemoration day
Commemorative
Commemorator
Commemoratory
Commence
Commencement
Commend
Commendable
Commendam
Commendatary
Commendation
Commendator
Commendatory
Commendatory prayer
Commender
Commensal
Commensalism
Commensality
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
© 2008 Interapple, Inc.Cover