All dedicate synonyms
ded·i·cate
D d verb dedicate
- donate — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- apportion — When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- devote — If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- allot — If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
- appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- hallow — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- anoint — To anoint someone means to put oil or water on a part of their body, usually for religious reasons.
- bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- set aside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- earmark — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.