rededicate

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verb

To dedicate again.

OriginEnglish dedicate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrededicate (third-person singular simple present rededicates, present participle rededicating, simple past and past participle rededicated)

present singular third person rededicates · participle present rededicating · participle past rededicated · past rededicated

  1. transitiveTo dedicate again.

    It's a good time to clean out your house and your life—to refresh, renew, and rededicate yourself.

    2011, Amber K, How to Become a Witch: The Path of Nature, Spirit & Magick, page 44
    1 more example

    That [memorial] service helped many of us to go on, to pull ourselves together and rededicate ourselves to the principles for which David had worked so tirelessly and courageously.

    1979 December 22, Nancy Walker, “The Reaffirmation of Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 16

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdedicate
  7. Englishrededicate

From re- + dedicate.

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Cite this entry
APA

rededicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rededicate

MLA

“rededicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rededicate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rededicate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rededicate.

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