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To set apart for and devote to a special purpose or use.

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  • One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.
  • The terms dedicate 50 percent of the image-collecting capacity of Digital Globe's
  • With the lawsuit behind it, SPLC could once again dedicate itself to its actual mission of defending civil rights.
  • I'm not what you'd call a dedicate reader, I don't read for pleasure.
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