commemorate

UK /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ US /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/
verb 2adj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.

On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.

On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.

2

To serve as a memorial to someone or something.

The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.

adj

1

Commemorated.

In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.

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