Appropriation

Dedication (also referred appropriation)

• the dedication of something as a sign of admiration or friendship, often as a foreword in literature.
• a song by Richard Strauss , based on the poem Habe Dank by Hermann von Gilm
• a poem by Goethe at the beginning of his tragedy Faust I.
• a religious act of submission to God
  • at (evangelical) baptism ,
  • among the Celts - see Dedicant
• the unlawful appropriation - see theft and embezzlement

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.