vihkiä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dedicate verb To commit oneself or one's time fully to a particular purpose or cause.
- inaugurate verb To formally install someone into an official position with a ceremony.
- initiate verb To start something, especially a formal process.
- marry verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
Senses
vihkiä is used for these senses in English:
- dedicate (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
- inaugurate To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.
- initiate (transitive) To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
- marry (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]
dedicate — full definition
- verb To commit oneself or one's time fully to a particular purpose or cause.
- verb To address or inscribe a creative work to someone as a mark of respect or affection.
- verb To formally open a building or set something apart for a special use, often with ceremony.
inaugurate — full definition
- verb To formally install someone into an official position with a ceremony.
- verb To officially open a building or start something new with a formal ceremony.