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Consecrate Consecrated Perfect Remember Dedicated Kɑːnsɪkreɪt Consecrate】V.奉为神圣;尊崇 Battlefield

Front consecrate
Pron ['kɑːnsɪkreɪt]
Back 【consecrate】v.奉为神圣;尊崇
This battlefield is consecrated to the memory of the soldiers who died here.
这战场被视为圣地以纪念死于该处的战士。
Vocab
consecrategive entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

Consecrate means to make holy or to dedicate to a higher purpose. You need to consecrate a building to turn it into a church, but you can also consecrate a week in New York City to the pursuit of the perfect bagel.

The secr part of consecrate comes from the Latin sacer "sacred." Remember that something consecrated is dedicated to God and thus sacred. And then remember that the meanings of words tend to stretch; over time this one moved from "dedicated to God" to "dedicated to whatever": jelly donuts, the perfect tan, finding a solution to Rubik's Cube.

All forms of 'consecrate' will appear on average once every 448 pages.
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