kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt ɪ.ˈmɔː(ɹ).tə.ˌlaɪz ɪ.ˈmɔː(ɹ).tə.ˌlaɪz be or provide a memorial to a person or an event This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps We memorialized the Dead