rededicate

verb

re·​ded·​i·​cate (ˌ)rē-ˈde-di-ˌkāt 

 also  -ˈde-ˌdē-

rededicated; rededicating; rededicates

transitive verb

: to dedicate (someone or something) again or anew: such as

a

: to commit (oneself, one's life, etc.) anew to a cause, enterprise, or activity

He has told friends that he will rededicate himself to medicine …

—People

b

: to change the official name of (something) as a way of honoring or remembering someone or something

rededicated the gymnasium in honor of the late coach

rededication

(ˌ)rē-ˌde-di-ˈkā-shən 

noun

plural rededications

What began as a glorious evening for Louisville, with the rededication of Freedom Hall (newly expanded to 19,000 seats) … , ended on a sour note.

—Roger Jackson

Examples of rededicate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2014, after six months of renovations, the bridge that crosses what’s now known as Truman Road was officially rededicated. —Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025

Following the transformative 1993 experience of seeing a solo exhibition by his onetime architecture school classmate Tang Hua, Liu rededicated himself to architecture, establishing his own practice, Jiakun Architecture, in 1999. —News Desk, Artforum, 4 Mar. 2025

This alarming moment is a time to reassess—and to rededicate ourselves to relevant Holocaust education, rooted in rigorous history that includes the long history of antisemitism well before Nazism and the role of millions across Europe who were silent, complicit or resisted. —Greg Schneider and Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025

Justin Bieber rang in the new year by rededicating himself to wife Hailey Bieber. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rededicate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate