| 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. |
com·mem·o·rate (kə-měm'ə-rāt') tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates
[Latin commemorāre, commemorāt-, to remind : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + memorāre, to remind (from memor, mindful; see (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots).] com·mem'o·ra'tor n. |