Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dedicate \Ded"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dedicated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dedicating}.]
   1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for
      sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to
      dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a
      religious use.

            Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which
            also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.
                                                  viii. 10, 11.

            We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as
            a final resting place for those who here gave their
            lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a
            larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not
            consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. --A.
                                                  Lincoln.

   2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty
      or service.

            The profession of a soldier, to which he had
            dedicated himself.                    --Clarendon.

   3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

            He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to
            the Lord Burghley.                    --Peacham.

   Syn: See {Addict}.

Source : WordNet®

dedicated
     adj 1: devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; "a dedicated
            dancer"; "dedicated teachers"; "dedicated to the
            proposition that all men are created equal"- A.Lincoln
            [ant: {undedicated}]
     2: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a
        life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a
        chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" [syn: {consecrated},
         {consecrate}] [ant: {desecrated}]