p. a. [ L. dedicatus, p. p. 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.” Shak.
v. t.
Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley. Peacham.
adj.
n. One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to