Both Uses of
commemorate
in
1984 by Orwell
- There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed.†
p. 46..5
- Today he should commemorate Comrade Ogilvy.†
p. 46..6 *
Definition:
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(commemorate) mark by some ceremony or observation -- especially the memory of something