Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-MEM'O-RATE, v.t. [L. commemoro; con and memoro, to mention. See Memory.]

To call to remembrance by a solemn act; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve in the remembrance of that person or event; as, the Lord's supper is designed to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior.