01 v. t. To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act o…
imp. & p. p.
Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Commemorating
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1.
To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.“We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.” — Atterbury.
Syn.
See Celebrate.