'Commemorating' definitions:
Definition of 'commemorating'
From: WordNet
adjective
Intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" [syn: commemorative, commemorating]
Definition of 'Commemorating'
From: GCIDE
- Commemorate \Com*mem"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.] [L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory.] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. [1913 Webster]
- We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. --Atterbury.
- Syn: See Celebrate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'commemorating'
From: GCIDE
- commemorating \commemorating\ adj. of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.
- Syn: commemorative. [WordNet 1.5]