dedicate

verb

• devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose:Joan has dedicated her life to animals
• devote (something) to a particular subject:volume four is dedicated to wasps
• cite or nominate (a book or other artistic work) as being issued or performed in someone’s honour:the novel is dedicated to the memory of my mother
• formally open or unveil (a building or monument):today the President dedicates the new Second World War memorial in Washington
• ceremonially assign (a church or other building) to a deity or saint:the parish church is dedicated to St Paul