obsecrate

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CIDE DICTIONARY

obsecrate, v. t. [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. Cockerman. [1913 Webster]

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