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dedicat

Dedicat is a Latin verb form meaning “he/she/it dedicates.” It is the third-person singular present active indicative of dedicare, a verb that means to dedicate, devote, or consecrate. The infinitive is dedicare; related forms include dedicat, dedicatāre in other contexts, and the perfect dedicavit.

In classical Latin, dedicat is used to express the act of dedicating something to a person, deity,

Dedicare gives rise to related words such as dedicatio (the act of dedicating or a dedication) and

See also: dedicatio, dedicatus, dedicare, dedication.

Notes: Dedicate as a modern English cognate is derived from the same Latin root, and Latin grammar

or
cause.
The
thing
being
dedicated
is
typically
in
the
accusative,
while
the
recipient
is
in
the
dative
(for
example,
Librum
deae
dedicat
“he
dedicates
the
book
to
the
goddess”).
Dedicat
can
appear
in
inscriptions
and
literary
prose
to
indicate
ongoing
action
of
dedication.
dedicatus
(dedicated,
consecrated
as
an
adjective).
The
presence
of
these
forms
helps
scholars
analyze
religious
or
ceremonial
language
in
Latin
texts
and
situates
dedicat
within
the
broader
semantic
field
of
devotion
and
consecration.
sources
commonly
illustrate
dedicat
as
an
example
of
present
tense
verb
formation
and
valency
in
Romance-language
descendants
and
Latin
inscriptions.