consecrate

«consecrate» in Mova's school dictionary: to make it holy by a religious ceremony — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (consecrates, consecrated, consecrating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony. tree →

2) (formal) To consecrate a thing or a person is to give it wholly to a purpose. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons, to make a place, a bond or a deed holy, or to dedicate someone to a cause

examples

• The bishop will consecrate the new church. tree →
• She consecrated her life to helping the sick. tree →
• Their bond of friendship was consecrated by a ceremony. tree →
• The king consecrated the bridge with a prayer. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• All the days that he consecrateth himself unto the LORD he shall not come near to a dead body.
• And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
• I have commanded My consecrated ones, yea, I have called My mighty ones for mine anger, even My proudly exulting ones.
• Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it.
• Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the LORD?'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «consecrate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.