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Crating
(gcide) | crate \crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Crating.]
To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a
sewing machine; to crate peaches.
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consecrating
(encz) | consecrating, |
desecrating
(encz) | desecrating,znesvěcení n: Zdeněk Broždesecrating,znesvěcující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Consecrating
(gcide) | Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consecrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Consecrating.]
1. To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to
sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the
service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to
give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.
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One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy
rest. --Sharp.
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2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a
bishop.
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Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. --Ex.
xxix. 9.
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3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll
among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
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4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as,
rules or principles consecrated by time. --Burke.
Syn: See Addict.
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Desecrating
(gcide) | Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Desecrating.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of
desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a
sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to
put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
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The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
without being previously desecrated. --W. Tooke.
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The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
who should desecrate their donations. --Salmon.
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Execrating
(gcide) | Execrate \Ex"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Execrating.] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of
execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy,
sacred. See Sacred.]
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to
curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to
detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate
their lct." --Cowper.
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obsecrating
(gcide) | obsecrate \ob"se*crate\ ([o^]b"s[-e]*kr[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. obsecrated (ocr/b"s[-e]*kr[=a]`t[e^]d); 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.]. --Cockerman.
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