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to rededicate

to rededicate

7 5.9
To start giving time and effort to something again with new commitment
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈdɛdɪkeɪt/
translation icon : re-dedicar
  • Today, we do more than celebrate America: we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America.
  • rededicate our efforts

They sometimes have to rededicate themselves to finishing.

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Examples

  • But it is not just the individual attorneys employed by law firms who must rededicate themselves to their duties as lawyer-citizens.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Finally, genuinely practicing popular education requires continually rededicating oneself to its principles.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We rededicate ourselves to your service.

  • Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs to rededicate themselves to education in this country.

    Blog text (20)
  • The rest of us should be furious and rededicate ourselves to the fight, however removed from it we are.

    Blog text (30)
  • Next year, though, we plan to mark our transition and officially rededicate our space as a Library Learning Commons.

    Academic text (2010)
  • My husband and I have rededicated ourselves to making our house more Islamic.

    Blog text (28)
  • One Sunday in 1903, he exhorted his congregation to rededicate their lives to Christianity.

    Blog text (25)
  • The new statue was rededicated at the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

    Blog text (12)
  • Today, we do more than celebrate America; we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America.

Synonyms

to recommit
vsto rededicate
4 4.3

To decide again to give time to a goal or plan

renew effort or loyalty especially after a lapse or change

How Committed

to consecrate
  • Formal
33 7.4
to rededicate
7 5.9
to renew
175 2.8
to reaffirm
55 4.4

Surface Forms

rededicate infinitive
rededicated past participle
rededicating present participle
rededicates third person singular

Morphology

rededicate = dedicate (transparent) = re + dedicate

This is standard re- prefixation meaning 'again' or 'anew' added to 'dedicate', and the sense is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Rededicate has re- meaning 'again' and dedicate meaning 'to give to a purpose'. So to rededicate is to give yourself or something to a cause again, often with new energy after a break.