obsecrate /(ŏb"sē̇*krāt)/

ob·se·crate

obsecrate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. obsecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. obsecrating

[L. obsecratus, p. p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]

To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]

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