Dedicated
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dedicated
adj 1: 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
[ant: {undedicated}]
2: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a
life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a
chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" [syn:
{consecrated}, {consecrate}, {dedicated}] [ant: {desecrated}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dedicate \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.
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Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which
also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.
viii. 10, 11.
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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.
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2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty
or service.
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The profession of a soldier, to which he had
dedicated himself. --Clarendon.
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3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
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He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to
the Lord Burghley. --Peacham.
Syn: See {Addict}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "dedicated":
abandoned, afire, altruistic, ardent, beatified, blessed, bound,
bound and determined, burning, canonized, committed, consecrated,
constant, decided, decisive, definite, determined, devoted, devout,
disinterested, earnest, faithful, fast, fervent, fervid, fiery,
flaming, hallowed, hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, humble,
impassioned, in earnest, intense, intent, intent on, loyal, modest,
obstinate, on fire, passionate, perfervid, persevering, persistent,
purposeful, red-hot, relentless, resolute, resolved, sacrificing,
sainted, saintly, sanctified, self-abasing, self-abnegating,
self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing,
self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting,
self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless,
serious, set apart, sincere, single-minded, spirited, staunch,
steadfast, tenacious, tested, tried, tried and true, true,
unacquisitive, unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish,
unsparing of self, vehement, warm, white-hot, wholehearted,
zealous
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