| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To devote or consecrate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To initiate, commence, launch, begin or start. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To let, allow or permit. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To create, generate or originate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To inscribe. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To allot or assign.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Present participle conjugation of the verb dedicate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dedicate) | 1. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.[Wordnet]. 2. Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building.[Wordnet]. 3. Inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents".[Wordnet]. 4. Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church.[Wordnet]. 5. 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.[Websters]. 6. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.[Websters]. 7. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: dedicating, dedicated, dedicates, dedicator, dedicators, dedicatingly and dedicatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEDICATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEDICATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Devoting to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose; consecrating; appropriating; giving wholly to.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of dedicate. (references) | ||
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