Dedicate

ded′i-kāt, v.t. to set apart and consecrate to some sacred purpose: to devote wholly or chiefly: to inscribe to any one.— adj. devoted: ( Shak. ) dedicated.— ns. Ded′icant , one who dedicates; Dedicatee (ded′i-kā-tē′), one to whom a thing is dedicated; Dedicā′tion , the act of dedicating: an addre to a patron, prefixed to a book; Ded′icātor , one who dedicates.— adjs. Dedicatō′rial , Ded′icātory , of or pertaining to a dedication. [L. dedicāre , -ātum — de , down, dicēre , to declare.]