sacrate

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English

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Verb

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sacrate (third-person singular simple present sacrates, present participle sacrating, simple past and past participle sacrated)

  1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate

Adjective

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sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

  1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred

References

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  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sacrō (consecrate, dedicate, devote).

Adverb

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sacrātē (not comparable)

  1. holily, piously
  2. mysteriously, mystically
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References

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  • sacrate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacrate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.