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devote collapse: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"

while away collapse: spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time

canonize collapse: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"; treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"

dedicate collapse: set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church; inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"; open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"

beatify collapse: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"; make blessedly happy

commemorate collapse: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"; be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"; mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death"

cleanse collapse: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"; purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

glorify collapse: bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"; cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

enshrine collapse: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"; hold sacred

spend collapse: pay out; "spend money"; spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"; pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"

purify collapse: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"; make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"; become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

commit collapse: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

saint collapse: person of exceptional holiness; a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

celebrate collapse: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

bless collapse: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"; make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate; confer prosperity or happiness on

exalt collapse: raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"

put in collapse: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF"; devote (time, effort, etc.) to a task; "He put in three hours every day at the hospital"

apply collapse: ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"; refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"; apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"; be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

consume collapse: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"; use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"; spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"; destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

schedule collapse: an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur; plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"; make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"

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