dedicate
verb
[ ˈdɛdɪkeɪt ]
• devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose.
• "Joan has dedicated her life to animals"
Similar:
devote,
commit,
pledge,
bind,
obligate,
give,
give over,
surrender,
set aside,
allot,
allocate,
consign,
sacrifice,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘devote to sacred use by solemn rites’): from Latin dedicat- ‘devoted, consecrated’, from the verb dedicare .
