consecrate

[Lat. con sec ratus.] [CONSE- . CRATE, v.] Consecrated. "To a mysteriously consorted pair This place is consecrate; to death and life." Words worth: Excursion, bk. v. con-se-cra-těd, pa . par . & a . [CONSECRATE, v .] *con'-se-cra-těd-ně , s . [Eng. consecrated ; -ne ] The state of being consecrated. còn-se-cra-ting, pr . par . & a . [CONSECRATE, V.] căn-se-cration, *con-se-cra-coun, *con-secra-cyon, s. [Fr. consécration ; Prov.consecracion ; Sp. consagracion ; Ital.consecrazione , all from Lat. con sec ratio = (1) religious dedication, (2) deification, especially of the Roman emperors, (3) a magical incantation.] [CONSECRATE, v.] 1. Ordinary Language: "Whether it be not against the notion of a sacrament, that the consecrator alone should partake of it."- Atter bury.