COMMEMORATING

commemorative, commemorating

(adjective) intended as a commemoration; “a commemorative plaque”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

commemorating

present participle of commemorate

Source: Wiktionary


COMMEMORATE

Com*mem"o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.] Etym: [L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory.]

Definition: 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 of 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. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

Syn.

– See Celebrate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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