sacrate

English

Verb

sacrate (third-person singular simple present sacrates, present participle sacrating, simple past and past participle sacrated)

  1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate
    Synonyms: behallow, sacralize, sanctify; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

Adjective

sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

  1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred
    Synonyms: holy, sanctified; see also Thesaurus:sanctified

References

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From sacrō (consecrate, dedicate, devote).

Adverb

sacrātē (not comparable)

  1. holily, piously
  2. mysteriously, mystically

References

  • sacrate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacrate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.