different between dedicate vs resign

English

Etymology

From Latin d?dic?tus, past participle of d?dic? (“I dedicate, proclaim”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?d?ke?t/

Verb

dedicate (third-person singular simple present dedicates, present participle dedicating, simple past and past participle dedicated)

1. (transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
2. (transitive) To set apart for a special use

3. (transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action

4. (transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
5. (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
6. (transitive) To show to the public for the first time

Synonyms

• (set apart for religious purposes): behallow, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate
• (set apart for a special use): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (commit to a particular course): devote

Translations

Adjective

dedicate (comparative more dedicate, superlative most dedicate)

1. (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

Italian

Verb

dedicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dedicare
2. second-person plural imperative of dedicare

Participle

dedicate f pl

1. feminine plural of the past participle of dedicare

Latin

Verb

d?dic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?dic?

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resign?re (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + sign?re (“to seal, stamp”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???za?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

1. (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]
2. (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
3. (transitive or intransitive) To quit (a job or position). [from 14th c.]

   I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.

   He resigned the crown to follow his heart.

4. (transitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. [from 15th c.]

   He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.

   • 1996, Robin Buss, The Count of Monte Cristo, translation of, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 2003 Penguin edition, ?ISBN, page 394 [1]:

     Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what resigned him to his fate?

Synonyms

• quit

Derived terms

• resignation
• resign oneself

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? sign

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??sa?n/

Verb

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign
   • 2020, Kevin McCarthy, mutt 2.0.0 released, mutt-announce mailing list, November 7 2020

     Lastly, a note that I have resigned my GPG key to extend the expiration date.

Usage notes

The spelling without the hyphen results in a heteronym and is usually avoided.

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, Singer, nigres, re-nigs, reigns, renigs, resing, ringes, signer, singer