commemorate

[kuh-mem-uh-reyt]

Origin

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

to serve as a memorial or reminder of: The monument commemorates the signing of the declaration of independence.

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

to make honorable mention of.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin commemorātus (past participle of commemorāre) to recall, put on record, equivalent to com- com- + memor mindful + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

com·mem·o·ra·ble, adjective

com·mem·o·ra·tor, noun

un·com·mem·o·rat·ed, adjective

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commemorate (kəˈmɛməˌreɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to honour or keep alive the memory of

[C16: from Latin commemorāre be mindful of, from com- (intensive) + memorāre to remind, from memor mindful]

com'memorative

—*adj*

com'memoratory

—*adj*

com'memoratively

—*adv*

com'memorator

—n

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commemorate

1590s, from L. commemoratus, pp. of commemorare (see commemoration). Related: commemorating (1766); commemorated; commemorates.

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"Dating at least from ancient Rome, the holiday was a time of public and communal celebration, a time to commemorate some event of civic or religious significance that all citizens participated in equally. The set of holidays observed by a given community was a way of defining that community. Each holiday, with its unique history and set of rituals, connected the members of a community to one another, and to the community's collective past. The holiday was fundamentally noneconomic in character. Everyone participated, independent of economic circumstances.... In contrast, the vacation is thoroughly private and economic. People negotiate for paid vacations with their employers. They decide whether to spend their money on vacations or on things, in a way that they never would with holidays. Imagine asking whether to buy a new car or celebrate Easter. The point of a vacation is not to join in celebration with other members of the community but to escape it—at least for a while. People take vacations for a change of scene, and they take them alone, or just with their families."

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