Com*mem"o*rate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.] [L.
commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember;
com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor
mindful. See Memory.] 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.
We are called upon to commemorate a
revolution.
Atterbury.
Syn. -- See Celebrate.