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TOPIK 6verb

추서하다

chuseohada

추서해요 · 추서했어요 · 추서할 거예요 · 추서하세요

to confer posthumously (a rank or decoration)

Example

정부는 순직한 소방관에게 훈장을 추서했습니다.

The government posthumously awarded a medal to the firefighter who died on duty.

Word parts

추 after서 confer

Literally 'confer afterward' — honoring someone after death.