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- pronunciation:
- kan
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kreIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
consecrates, consecrating, consecrated |
| definition 1: |
to dedicate to the service or worship of a deity; make or declare sacred.
They insisted that she be buried in the consecrated ground of the churchyard.- synonyms:
- bless, hallow, sanctify
- similar words:
- anoint, canonize
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| definition 2: |
to commit or devote to some goal or service.
She consecrated her life to the cause of alleviating suffering.- synonyms:
- dedicate, devote
- similar words:
- commit, give, pledge, promise
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| definition 3: |
to make (something) honored, as if sacred.
The statue is consecrated as a symbol of freedom. (Cf. desecrate.).- synonyms:
- honor, revere, venerate
- similar words:
- anoint, exalt, glorify, worship
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| related words: |
celebrate, christen, dedicate, purify |
| derivations: |
consecrative (adj.), consecratedness (n.), consecration (n.), consecrator (consecrater) (n.) |
The word consecrate
contains the following parts:
sacr, sacri, secr
Latin
root
that means holy
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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