sacrate

English

Verb

sacrate (third-person singular simple present sacrates, present participle sacrating, simple past and past participle sacrated)

1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate

Adjective

sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Caserta, acaters, car seat, carates, cat's ear, ectaras, rasceta, tear sac

Latin

Etymology

From sacrō (“consecrate, dedicate, devote”).

Adverb

sacrātē (not comparable)

1. holily, piously
2. mysteriously, mystically

Related terms

• sacer
• sacerdōs
• sacerdōtālis
• sacerdōtium
• sacerdōtula
• sacrāmentālis
• sacrāmentum
• sacrārium
• sacrārius
• sacrātiō
• sacrātor
• sacricola
• sacrifer
• sacrificālis
• sacrificātiō
• sacrificātor
• sacrificātus
• sacrificiolus
• sacrificium
• sacrificō
• sacrificulus
• sacrificus
• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium
• sacrilegus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

References

• “sacrate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.