dedicate

About 1.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
2. verb To set apart for a special use.

   dedicated their money to scientific research.

3. verb To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action.

   dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.

4. verb To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
5. verb To open (a building, for example) to public use.
6. verb To show to the public for the first time.

   dedicate a monument.

7. adjective Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
8. noun One who dedicates themselves, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.

Similar words

devote commit give bless consecrate enshrine christen embody usher instruct

Often followed by

this the to a themselves it his their himself my

Word family

dedicated dedicates dedicating dedicator dedicators