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What is the noun for dedicative?

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dedication
  1. (uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
  2. (countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.
  3. (countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.
  4. (law) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “His dedication is, first and foremost, to his family.”
      “The mastering of this skill requires great dedication to the craft.”
      “As with the dedication to Winsor, this one exhibits a beautiful tone and style, though without quite as many literary fireworks.”
dedicatee
  1. Someone to whom something is dedicated
  2. Examples:
    1. “Bliss also incorporated Elgar's characteristic falling sevenths, by way of a recognisable tribute to his distinguished and supportive dedicatee.”
      “It has also prompted me to get Lucky Jim out of the library if only for the shallow reason that Larkin is the dedicatee.”
      “Throughout the volume, Lanyer lauds her primary dedicatee Margaret Clifford, the Countess of Cumberland, for her charity, piety, chastity, learning, and nobility.”
dedicand
  1. One to whom something is dedicated.
dedicator
  1. One who dedicates.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The employment of initials in a dedication was a recognised mark of a close friendship or intimacy between patron and dedicator.”
      “An inscription on the architrave immediately below the figure of Dionysos furnishes the name and date of the dedicator.”
      “The 3rd movement combines the first name and the last name of dedicator in a single thema developped as a tiento.”
dedicatory
dedications
  1. plural of dedication
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I hadn't planned on ever talking about it publicly, not beyond the dedications in my books.”
      “Apart from the usual salutations and dedications, the book starts with an introduction in conventional German.”
      “Three of the four dedications involve members of the Gonzaga family, two of whom lived in Rome, the third one residing at the court in Mantua.”
dedicatories
  1. plural of dedicatory
dedicators
  1. plural of dedicator
dedicatees
  1. plural of dedicatee
dedicands
  1. plural of dedicand
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