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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·mem·o·rate / kəˈmeməˌrāt/ • v. [tr.] recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony: a ceremony to commemorate the war dead. ∎ serve as a memorial to: a stone commemorating a boy who died at sea. ∎ mark (a significant event). ∎ (often be commemorated) celebrate (an event, a person, or a situation) by doing or building something: it was a night commemorated in a song. DERIVATIVES: com·mem·o·ra·tor / -ˌrātər/ n.

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commemorate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

commemorate XVI. f. pp. stem of L. commemorāre, f. COM- (intensive) + memorāre relate, f. memor mindful (see MEMORY).
So commemoration XIV. — (O)F. or L.

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commemorate

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

commemorate •serrate • concentrate • airfreight •ingrate • filtrate • arbitrate •exfiltrate • magistrate • orchestrate •calibrate • celebrate • emigrate •immigrate • denigrate • penetrate •defenestrate • administrate • aspirate •perpetrate • decerebrate • desecrate •execrate • consecrate • integrate •carbohydrate, hydrate •nitrate • quadrate • prostrate •borate, quorate •portrait • polyunsaturate •acculturate • depurate • indurate •triturate • inaugurate • suppurate •substrate • adumbrate •ameliorate, meliorate •deteriorate •collaborate, elaborate •liberate • corroborate • reverberate •saturate •confederate, federate •desiderate • moderate •preponderate •proliferate, vociferate •perforate • invigorate • exaggerate •refrigerate • decorate •accelerate, decelerate •exhilarate • illustrate • tolerate •commemorate •demonstrate, remonstrate •agglomerate, conglomerate •enumerate •generate, venerate •incinerate, itinerate •exonerate • remunerate • evaporate •exasperate • separate •cooperate, operate •incorporate •recuperate, vituperate •perorate •lacerate, macerate •incarcerate • eviscerate • expectorate •alliterate, iterate, obliterate, transliterate •adulterate • asseverate • sequestrate •commiserate • birth rate • sensate •condensate • decussate • compensate •tergiversate

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