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commemorate

verb

/kəˈmɛmɔˌreɪt/

Meaning

To honor and remember someone or something through a ceremony or action.

The statue was built to commemorate the fallen heroes.

honor, celebrate, remember, memorialize

forget, ignore

commemorate an event, commemorate a person, commemorate anniversary

to entice or attract someone to do something, often something wrong or unwise

To move or fall downward; to come or go down from a higher place.

to crush or squeeze something with force so that it becomes flat or broken

to make holy or sacred; to purify

to point out; to show or suggest; to be a sign of

To sharpen a blade or to improve a skill through practice.