Dedicate synonyms
dĕd'ĭ-kāt'
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Dedication is defined as the state of being committed to someone, a ceremony for the beginning of something such as the birth of a child, or something written, said or expressed in honor or memory of someone.
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
To respect or honor greatly; revere.
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
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give over to
To set apart for special use
The state of being faithful; allegiance; loyalty; fidelity.
To devote is to dedicate yourself to a cause or a person.
To surrender is defined as to give up control of something or to give something up to another.
consecratory
That consecrates
Of or pertaining to dedication.
The act or an instance of consecrating the bread and wine in the Mass or in a Communion service
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Piety; devoutness
(Historical) Supernatural inspiration or possession; inspired prophetic or poetic ecstasy
To do or give something in honor of
To bring into focus
To consign is defined as to hand over to someone else or to put in an undesirable place.
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To distribute by lot or in arbitrary shares; apportion
Restrict is defined as to keep someone or something within certain limits.
To divide and assign according to a plan; allot:
To give out as a task; allot
bless (related)
To favor or endow (with)
The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
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To put oil on during a religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.
To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.
The definition of inscribe is to write or carve words into something, or to write a message in a book.
To promise to give
To give social or moral sanction to:
To make a solemn resolution to do, get, etc.
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misapply (antonym)
To use or apply wrongly.
steal (antonym)
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
misuse (antonym)
To use (something) incorrectly.
desecrate (antonym)
To violate the sacredness of; profane.
alienate (antonym)
To cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally:
To apply (oneself) or direct (one's energies) to something
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To make submit or give in
To collect or focus (one's thoughts, efforts, etc.)
To give a rounded form to:
collect (related)
(Intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
work (related)
(Nautical) To strain in heavy seas so that the joints give slightly and the fastenings become slack. Used of a boat or ship.
totally committed (related)
dedicted (related)
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To apply is defined as to make a strong effort to do a job well.
Ordain is defined as to give someone religious authority, or to order or decree.
Synonym Study
- Hallow , a stronger word, suggests an intrinsic holiness in the thing set apart to hallow the Sabbath
- To consecrate is to set apart for some religious or holy use to consecrate ground for a church
- To devote is to give up or apply oneself or something with the seriousness or earnestness evoked by a formal vow to devote one's life to a cause
- To dedicate is to set apart or assign something, as in a formal rite, to some serious, often sacred, purpose to dedicate a temple, to dedicate oneself to painting
Find another word for dedicate. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dedicate, like: dedication, give, appropriate, hallow, donate, set-aside, buckle down, give over to, faithfulness, devote and surrender.
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