consecrate
/KON-sih-krayt/verbto make or declare sacred; to dedicate to a purpose
“The chapel was consecrated three centuries ago.”
- Synonyms
- sanctify, dedicate, hallow
- Antonyms
- desecrate, profane
- Memory hook
- con + sacrare (sacred): set apart as sacred.
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