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Webster 1913 Edition

Commemorate

Com-mem′o-rate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Commemorated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Commemorating
.]
[L.
commemoratus
, p. p. of
commemorare
to remember;
com-
+
memorare
to mention, fr.
memor
mindful. See
Memory
.]
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 or 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
.
Syn. – See
Celebrate
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Commemorate

COMMEMORATE

,
Verb.
T.
To call to remembrance by a solemn act; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of that person or event.
The Lords supper is designed to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior.

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