sacrate

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate

Adjective[edit]

sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

  1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred

References[edit]

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sacrō (consecrate, dedicate, devote).

Adverb[edit]

sacrātē (not comparable)

  1. holily, piously
  2. mysteriously, mystically

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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.