commemorate

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  1. transitive verb To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.
  2. transitive verb To serve as a memorial to.

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  • Today, reporter Helen Thomas asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino how the president would "commemorate" the date tomorrow. —  Think Progress
  • Blue Note Records will commemorate the label's 70th anniversary with the Jan. 13 release of —  Top Stories from LiveDaily.com
  • In its 37th year, Hash Bash had a significant reform to commemorate: the legalization of medical marijuana in the state of Michigan. —  The Michigan Daily
  • Events since his death say much about how as a country we do not do enough to commemorate the names and achievements of young men and women who make the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the nation. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you the Commonwealth Cantata, composed to commemorate (that's enough alliteration) the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth. —  The Croydonian
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commemorate:   commemorating ·  commemorated ·  commemorates
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  1. Latin commemorāre, commemorāt-, to remind : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + memorāre, to remind (from memor, mindful; see (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin commemoratus, past participle of commemorare (later Italian commemorare = Spanish conmemorar = Portuguese commemorar = French commémorer), from com- (intensive) + memorare, mention, from memor, mindful: see memory.
 

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/kəˈmɛməreɪt/
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