dedicate

verb

1 she had dedicated her life to helping people and animals:

devote, commit, pledge, bind, obligate, give, give over, surrender, set aside, allot, allocate, consign, sacrifice.

2 each book was dedicated to a noblewoman:

inscribe, address, name;

assign, offer.

3 the chapel was dedicated to the Virgin Mary:

devote, assign;

bless, consecrate, sanctify, hallow, make holy, make sacred.