Usually means: Devote time or effort exclusively.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word dedicate:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. dedicate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dedicate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dedicate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dedicate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dedicate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dedicate, dedicate: Wordnik
  7. dedicate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dedicate: Wiktionary
  9. dedicate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dedicate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dedicate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dedicate, dedicate: Dictionary.com
  13. dedicate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dedicate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dedicate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dedicate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. dedicate: Rhymezone
  18. dedicate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. dedicate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. dedicate: Free Dictionary
  21. dedicate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dedicate: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. dedicate: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dedicate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dedicate: Encyclopedia

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  1. dedicate: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dedicate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See dedicated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dedicate)

verb:  (transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
verb:  (transitive) To set apart for a special use.
verb:  (transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action.
verb:  (transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
verb:  (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
verb:  (transitive) To show to the public for the first time.
adjective:  (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
noun:  (chiefly fantasy and paganism) One who dedicates themselves, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.

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