DEDICATE, L. To vow, promise, devote, dedicate. See Class Dg. No. 12,15,45. The sense is to send, to throw hence, to set, to appoint.
1. To set apart and consecrate to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose to devote to a sacred use, by a solemn act, or by religious ceremonies as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, an altar, or a church, to God or to a religious use.
Vessels of silver, of gold, and of brass, which king David did dedicate to the Lord. 2Sam. Viii.
2. To appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose to give wholly or chiefly to. The ministers of the gospel dedicate themselves, their time and their studies, to the service of Christ. A soldier dedicates himself to the profession of arms.
3. To inscribe or address to a patron as, to dedicate a book.
DEDICATE, a. Consecrated devoted appropriated.