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commemorate
com·mem·o·rate [ kə mémmə ràyt ] (past and past participle com·mem·o·rat·ed, present participle com·mem·o·rat·ing, 3rd person present singular com·mem·o·rates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. remember something ceremonially: to honor the memory of somebody or something in a ceremony
a service held to commemorate the dead
2. be memorial to something: to serve as a memorial to something
[Mid-17th century. < Latin commemorat-, past participle of commemorare "call to mind clearly" < memorare "remind" < memor "mindful"]

com·mem·o·ra·tive [ kə mémmərətiv, kə mémmə ràytiv ] adjective, noun
com·mem·o·ra·tor noun
com·mem·o·ra·to·ry [ kə mémmərə tàwree ] adjective
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