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obsecrate

[ ob-si-kreyt ]

verb (used with object)

obsecrated, obsecrating.
  1. to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.


obsecrate

/ ˈɒbsɪˌkreɪt /

verb

  1. tr a rare word for beseech
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌobseˈcration, noun
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Other Words From

  • obse·cration noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obsecrate1

1590–1600; < Latin obsecrātus (past participle of obsecrāre to supplicate), equivalent to ob- ob- + secr- (combining form of sacr-, stem of sacer sacred ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obsecrate1

C16: from Latin obsecrāre to entreat (in the name of the gods), from ob- for the sake of + sacrāre to hold in reverence; see sacred
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Example Sentences

Obsecrate, ob′se-krāt, v. to beseech: to implore.—n.

Only I still attest and obsecrate to the fact that I did not intend to smuggle, and entered your jealous domain with no sense of contraband about me.

FRIAR, Deign, vouch, protract, compliment, obsecrate?

I obsecrate ye with all courtesy, omitting compliment, you would vouch or deign to proceed.

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