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Commemorate

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

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Celebrate 76% connected

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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Remind 76% connected

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

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Commemoration 74% connected

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commemoration 74% connected

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

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Memorial 74% connected

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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Memorial 74% connected

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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Immortalize 92% connected

To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Memorialize 92% connected

To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remember 92% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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