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COMMEMORATIVE

\kəmˈɛmɹətˌɪv], \kəmˈɛmɹətˌɪv], \k_ə_m_ˈɛ_m__ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of COMMEMORATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Tending or intended to commemorate.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Preserving, or intended to preserve, a memory.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Serving or tending to preserve the remembrance of.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

"To cause to remember." That which recalls, or rather which is recalled.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Tending to preserve memory of any thing.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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