Definition of commemorate

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Commemorate (v. t.) 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..

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Passover :: Passover (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb..
Commemoratory :: Commemoratory (a.) Serving to commemorate; commemorative.
Purim :: Purim (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman..
Commemorated :: Commemorated (imp. & p. p.) of Commemorat.
Epitaph :: Epitaph (v. t.) To commemorate by an epitaph.
Commemorate :: Commemorate (v. t.) 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..
Commemorable :: Commemorable (a.) Worthy to be commemorated.
Epiphany :: Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide..
Toast :: Toast (v.) Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as The land we live in, The day we celebrate, etc..
Commemorator :: Commemorator (n.) One who commemorates.
Memorate :: Memorate (v. t.) To commemorate.
Commemorative :: Commemorative (a.) Tending or intended to commemorate.
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