consecrate

Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrātus.

consecrate (third-person singular simple present consecrates, present participle consecrating, simple past and past participle consecrated)

1. To declare something holy, or otherwise make it holy.

   Synonyms: behallow, hallow, make holy; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

   Antonyms: desecrate, defile; see also Thesaurus:desecrate

   • 1863 November 19, Lincoln, Abraham, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy":

     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.

consecrate (comparative more consecrate, superlative most consecrate)

1. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
   • Francis Bacon

     They were assembled in that consecrate place.

• concreates

cōnsecrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsecrō