Part 2836

<hw>De*dec`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dedecoratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Disgrace; dishonor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Dedecorous</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*dec"o*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dedecorus</ets>. See <er>Decorous</er>.]</ety> <def>Disgraceful; unbecoming.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Dedentition</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De`den*ti"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The shedding of teeth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Dedicate</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Ded"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dedicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dedicare</ets> to affirm, to dedicate; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>dicare</ets> to declare, dedicate; akin to <ets>dicere</ets> to say. See <er>Diction</er>.]</ety> <def>Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.</def> "<i>Dedicate</i> to nothing temporal."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Devoted; consecrated; addicted.</syn>

<h1>Dedicate</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Ded"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dedicated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dedicating</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; <as>as, to <ex>dedicate</ex> vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did <b>dedicate</b> unto the Lord. <i>2 Sam. viii. 10, 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We have come to <b>dedicate</b> a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not <b>dedicate</b>, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. <i>A. Lincoln.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.</def>

<blockquote>The profession of a soldier, to which he had <b>dedicated</b> himself. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To inscribe or address, as to a patron.</def>

<blockquote>He complied ten elegant books, and <b>dedicated</b> them to the Lord Burghley. <i>Peacham.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Addict</er>.</syn>

<h1>Dedicatee</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Ded`i*ca*tee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to <i>dedicator</i>.</def>

<h1>Dedication</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Ded`i*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dedicatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; <as>as, the <ex>dedication</ex> of Solomon's temple</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; <as>as, a <ex>dedication</ex> of lands to public use</as>.</def>