dedicate
verb (used with object)
to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose.
dedicator
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a word derived from
dedicate.
Example Sentences
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In 1758, he exhibited the Old Man’s Relapse, in more than words, by again becoming a dedicator, and publishing a sermon addressed to the king.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
The forgiving disposition of the king is, according to the dedicator, the encouragement of the conspirators.
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by George Saintsbury
The initial letters of "The First Altar" of Dosiadas of Rhodes, form four words, and seem to be addressed to some "Olympian," who, the dedicator hopes "may live to offer sacrifice for many years."
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
I hope, therefore, the present I now presume to make, will not be thought improper; which, however, it is not my business as a dedicator to commend, nor as a bookseller to depreciate.'
From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill
But the incense of the dedicator was wasted on a block, more insensible than his Grace's workmen could have dug from the quarry.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
