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dedicateverb to keep or intend for a special purposea young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice allocate, consecrate, devote, earmark, give up (to), reserve, save, set by bless, hallow, sanctifycommit, confide, consign, entrust(also intrust)apply, bestow, employ, use set apart, set aside ignore, neglectmisapply, misuse devote, dedicate, consecrate, hallow mean to set apart for a special and often higher end.devote is likely to imply compelling motives and often attachment to an objective.devoted his evenings to study dedicate implies solemn and exclusive devotion to a sacred or serious use or purpose.dedicated her life to medical research consecrate stresses investment with a solemn or sacred quality.consecrate a church to the worship of God hallow, often differing little from dedicate or consecrate, may distinctively imply an attribution of intrinsic sanctity.battlegrounds hallowed by the blood of patriots in the 14th century |