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Webster 1913 Edition

Consecrate

Con′se-crate

,
Adj.
[L.
consceratus
, p. p. of
conscerare
to conscerate;
con-
+
sacrare
to consecrate,
sacer
sacred. See
Sacred
.]
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
They were assembled in that
consecrate
place.
Bacon.

Con′se-crate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Consecrated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Consecrating
.]
1.
To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God;
as, to
consecrate
a church; to give (one’s self) unreservedly, as to the service of God
.
One day in the week is . . .
consecrated
to a holy rest.
Sharp.
2.
To set apart to a sacred office;
as, to
consecrate
a bishop
.
Thou shalt
consecrate
Aaron and his sons.
Ex. xxix. 9.
3.
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
Syn. – See
Addict
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Consecrate

CONSECRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to consecrate, sacred. See Sacred.]
1.
To make or declare to be sacred, by certain ceremonies or rites; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service and worship of God; as, to consecrate a church.
Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Exodus 29.
All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to the Lord. Joshua 6.
2.
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
3.
To set apart and bless the elements in the eucharist.
4.
To render venerable; to make respected; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

CONSECRATE

,
Adj.
Sacred; consecrated; devoted; dedicated.
They were assembled in that consecrate place.
[This word is now seldom used, unless in poetry.]

Definition 2024

consecrate

consecrate

English

Verb

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

  1. To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
    • 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, 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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Adjective

consecrate ‎(comparative more consecrate, superlative most consecrate)

  1. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
    • Francis Bacon
      They were assembled in that consecrate place.

Latin

Verb

cōnsecrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsecrō

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