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Word: Obsecrate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century. From classical Latin obsecrāt-, past participial stem of obsecrāre to beseech, entreat, implore from ob- + sacrāre to make sacred, hence lit. ‘to beseech in the name or for the sake of something sacred’
Definition:
To entreat (a person) earnestly; to implore, beseech, supplicate; to beg (a thing).
