consecrate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós Proto-Italic *sakros Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *sakrāō Latin sacrō Latin cōnsecrōbor. Middle English consecraten English consecrate First attested in the late 14ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consecraten (“to dedicate, consecrate (an altar, church); to ordain (a bishop), anoint (a king, a pope); to devote one to religious life”), from consecrat(e) (“consecrated”, used as the past participle of consecraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin cōnsecrātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsecrāre, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- derived from cōnsecrātus
- inherited from consecraten
Definitions
To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
- But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
To ordain as a bishop.
To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
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Consecrated.
- Led to the city consecrate to Mars.
Consecrated, devoted, dedicated, sacred.
- And that this body conſecrate to thee, By Ruffian Luſt ſhould be contaminate!
- They were assembled in that consecrate place.
The neighborhood
- synonymavow
- synonymbehallow
- synonymbless
- synonymcanonize
- synonymconsecrate
- synonymdedicate
- synonymhallow
- synonyminaugurate
- synonymmartyr
- synonymsacralize
- synonymsacrate
- synonymsaint
- antonymdeconsecrate
- antonymdesacralize
- antonymdesecrate
- antonymprofane
- antonymuncanonize
- antonymunbless
- antonymunhallow
- antonymunsaint
- neighborconsecration
- neighborsanctified
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at consecrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at consecrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at consecrate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA