Dedicate and Mean

Dedicate

Dedicate verb - To keep or intend for a special purpose.

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Mean and dedicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead a verb "Dedicate".

Nearby Words: dedication, dedicatory, dedicating

Mean verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

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Dedicate and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dedicate" instead a verb "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

life	dedicate life	mean life
work	dedicate work	mean work
god	dedicate god	mean god
number	dedicate number	mean number
Other words: show, episode, time, evil, war, son.

Dedicate Crane, however, is described as petty, mean and much more interested in personal gain.

Source: Literature / Circle of Magic
She also refuses to bash couples and characters, just because she hates them doesn't mean she isn't going to dedicate to bringing out the fullest potential and character development to ALL characters.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Digimon
Cats Are Mean: Averted; the Fefethil are almost a Perfect Pacifist People and since the destruction of their own homeworld, dedicate their existences to being a sort of intra-galactic police force, keeping advanced races from messing with those who have yet to achieve inter-stellar flight.

Source: Literature / Urn Burial

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