Dedicates vs Dedicatee - What's the difference?
dedicates | dedicatee |
(dedicate)
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To set apart for a special use
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To show to the public for the first time
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
* Shakespeare
* (George Henry Calvert)
Someone to whom something is dedicated
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, passage=In 1949, having fallen in with some petty criminals, he was arrested for harboring stolen goods and subsequently committed to the New York State Psychiatric Institute, where he met the future dedicatee of "Howl," Carl Solomon. }}
As a verb dedicates
is (dedicate).As a noun dedicatee is
someone to whom something is dedicated.dedicates
English
Verb
(head)dedicate
English
Verb
(dedicat)- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
- dedicate a monument.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.