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DEDICATED
dedicated
(adjective) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; “a dedicated dancer”; “dedicated teachers”; “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”- A.Lincoln
consecrated, consecrate, dedicated
(adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose; “a life consecrated to science”; “the consecrated chapel”; “a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
dedicated (comparative more dedicated, superlative most dedicated)
Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
Used or intended for a particular purpose
Verb
dedicated
past participle of dedicate
Source: Wiktionary
DEDICATE
Ded"i*cate, p. a. Etym: [L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction.]
Definition: Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate to nothing temporal." Shak.
Syn.
– Devoted; consecrated; addicted.
Ded"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dedicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dedicating.]
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. 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.
Syn.
– See Addict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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