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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;
- Example: "She committed herself to the work of God"
- Example: "give one's talents to a good cause"
- Example: "consecrate your life to the church"
[syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote]

2. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building;
- Example: "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"

3. inscribe or address by way of compliment;
- Example: "She dedicated her book to her parents"

4. set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dedicate \Ded"i*cate\, p. a. [L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction.] Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate to nothing temporal." --Shak. Syn: Devoted; consecrated; addicted. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service. [1913 Webster] The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron. [1913 Webster] He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley. --Peacham. Syn: See Addict. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dedicate v 1: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote] 2: open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes" 3: inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents" 4: set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "dedicate": address, allot, apply, appropriate, assign, beatify, bless, canonize, cleanse, commit, confide, consecrate, consign, devote, direct, enshrine, entrust, exalt, give, give over, give over to, give up, glorify, hallow, inscribe, offer, pledge, purify, saint, sanctify, set, set apart, surrender, yield