Dedicate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

II. Dedicate ·p.a. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

III. Dedicate ·vt To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.

IV. Dedicate ·vt To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.