COMMEMORABLE

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com⋅mem⋅o⋅rate

[kuh-mem-uh-reyt]

–verb (used with object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.

1.	to serve as a memorial or reminder of: The monument commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

2.	to honor the memory of by some observance: to commemorate the dead by a moment of silence; to commemorate Bastille Day.

3.	to make honorable mention of.

Origin:
1590–1600; < L commemorātus (ptp. of commemorāre) to recall, put on record, equiv. to com- com- + memor mindful + -ātus -ate ¹

Related forms:

com⋅mem⋅o⋅ra⋅ble, adjective

com⋅mem⋅o⋅ra⋅tor, noun

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