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commemoratory

[kuh-mem-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

commemorative (def. 1).

Origin:
1685–95; commemorate + -ory¹

Related forms

non·com·mem·o·ra·to·ry, adjective

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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

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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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