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commemorate definition

com·memo·rate (kə mem′ə rāt′)

transitive verb commemorated -·rat′ed, commemorating -·rat′·ing

  1. to honor the memory of, as by a ceremony
  2. to keep alive the memory of; serve as a memorial to

Etymology: < L commemoratus, pp. of commemorare, to call to mind < com-, intens. + memorare, to remind: see memory

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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