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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.
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Commemorated
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Word Origin & History
commemorate
1590s, from L. commemoratus, pp. of commemorare (see commemoration). Related: commemorating (1766); commemorated; commemorates.
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