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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Tending or intended to commemorate;

as, a

commemorative

plaque

“A sacrifice commemorative of Christ’s offering up his body for us.”

Hammond.

An inscription

commemorative

of his victory.

Sir G. C. Lewis.

Adj.

Tending to preserve the remembrance of something.

See also: commemorative

commémorative