Commemorate Definition

kə-mĕmə-rāt
commemorated, commemorates, commemorating
verb
commemorated, commemorates, commemorating
To honor the memory of, as by a ceremony.
Webster's New World
To keep alive the memory of; serve as a memorial to.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Commemorate

  • Latin commemorāre commemorāt- to remind com- intensive pref. com– memorāre to remind (from memor mindful (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin commemorare, from com- + memorare to remind of (see memory).

    From Wiktionary

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