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   commemorate

   /kəˈmɛməreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. recall and show respect for (someone or something): "a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead"
   • ▪ mark or celebrate (an event or person) by doing or producing something: "the victory was commemorated in songs"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin commemorat- ‘brought to remembrance’, from the verb commemorare, from com- ‘altogether’ + memorare ‘relate’ (from memor ‘mindful’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. commemorator noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

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