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- pronunciation:
- kan
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kreIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), 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 |
adverb + (v.)consecrate
already, always, course, however, once, only, previously, right, socially, thus, twice, where
(v.)consecrate
+ noun
altar,
authority,
bishop,
blood,
body,
bread,
burial,
cathedral,
celebration,
century,
chapel,
chicken,
church,
culture,
day,
diocese,
element,
eucharist,
expression,
fact,
function,
gift,
grave,
ground,
head,
host,
identity,
image,
land,
life,
lip,
marriage,
mean,
member,
object,
oil,
place,
pope,
potency,
power,
practice,
prayer,
priest,
purpose,
ritual,
sense,
silence,
site,
space,
spirit,
temple,
tradition,
use,
wine,
word,
work,
year
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| 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, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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