1. Use entirely for a specific person, activity, or cause
   "dedicate one's talents to a good cause";
   - give, consecrate, commit, devote
    
2. Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
   "The bishop dedicated the new cathedral"
    
3. Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
   "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
    
4. Inscribe or address by way of compliment
   "She dedicated her book to her parents"

Derived forms: dedicates, dedicated, dedicating

Type of: apply, assign, employ, give, inaugurate, kick off [informal], render, set apart, specify, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Dedicate