Present participle of commemorize; the act of commemorating or making something the subject of commemoration.
From 'commemorize' plus the present participle suffix '-ing', creating the continuous or ongoing form.
The gradual disappearance of 'commemorizing' from modern English shows how vocabulary naturally consolidates—why use this rare form when 'commemorating' does the same job?
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