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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of commemorate.

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Examples

  • This was the second consecutive year Palin commemorated Tinknickers 'special day, bookending a report this summer that the former governor and former prime minister would meet in Britain.

    John R. Bohrer: Palin Can Only See the 1980s From Her House John R. Bohrer 2010

  • These things she enjoined us not; but desired only to have her name commemorated at

    The Confessions 1999

  • He not only during his lifetime kept up a cordial correspondence with his friends and relatives -- who were indebted to him for many acts of kindness -- but, wishing to have his name commemorated in the House of

    Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Moses Montefiore 1834

  • These things she enjoined us not; but desired only to have her name commemorated at Thy Altar, which she had served without intermission of one day: whence she knew that holy Sacrifice to be dispensed, by which the hand-writing that was against us is blotted out, 59 through which the enemy was triumphed over, who summing up our offences, and seeking what to lay to our charge, found nothing in Him, 60 in Whom we conquer.

    The Ninth Book 1909

  • The new name commemorated the day of the Baath revolution.

    Overexposed by TV crews, mosque framed as target 2007

  • As you know, such an important occasion as the triumph of the revolution is not commemorated, that is, it is not commemorated with public activities but it coincides with a non-working day, with the first of the year, and we have always believed it would not be fair to interfere with the people's non-working day, that holiday, despite that this revolution constituted a rare privilege and this revolution has many coincidences.

    25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CDR 1985

  • This list very well illustrates the arbitrary choice of saints to be commemorated, which is observable in most early calendars.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • "Bill Clinton Commemorated 5th Anniversary Of 9/11 With $100,000 Speech ..." that is as clear a framing of this as you could possibly want. this is an email sent out by an obama staffer to reporters saying, look, Bill Clinton "commemorated" 9/11 with a $100,000 speech.

    Obama Campaign Circulating Negative (And Ultimately False) Story About Bill Clinton 2009

  • The controversy began last week, when Denny's launched a promotion for pancakes and French fries that supposedly "commemorated" the famine's 150th anniversary.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • The controversy began last week, when Denny's launched a promotion for pancakes and French fries that supposedly "commemorated" the famine's 150th anniversary.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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