Dedicate
Dedicate , past participle (adjectival)
[Latin dedicatus, past participle of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction.]
Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Dedicate to nothing temporal.
Dedicate , transitive verb
1.
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.
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.
2.
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.
3.
To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley.