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DEDICATE, v.t. [L. To vow, promise, devote, dedicate. See Class Dg. No. 12, 15, 45. The sense is to send, to throw; hence, to set, to appoint.]

1. To set apart and consecrate to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose; to devote to a sacred use, by a solemn act, or by religious ceremonies; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, an altar, or a church, to God or to a religious use.

Vessels of silver, of gold, and of brass, which king David did dedicate to the Lord. 2 Sam. Viii.

2. To appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose; to give wholly or chiefly to. The ministers of the gospel dedicate themselves, their time and their studies, to the service of Christ. A soldier dedicates himself to the profession of arms.

3. To inscribe or address to a patron; as, to dedicate a book.

DEDICATE, a. Consecrated; devoted; appropriated.

1913 Definition
Dedicate (dedicate)
p. a.(?)
Ded"i*cate
[L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction.]
  1. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
    "Dedicate to nothing temporal." Shak.

    Syn. -- Devoted; consecrated; addicted.

  2. 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.

    Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11.

    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.

  3. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.

    The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon.

  4. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

    He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley. Peacham.

    Syn. -- See Addict.


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Noah Says...
An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
 Letter to David McClure :: October 25, 1837 




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