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a. [ L. consceratus, p. p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred. ] Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Ex. xxix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. Burke.

Syn. -- See Addict. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Consecrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cratis hurdle; perh. akin to E. cradle. See Hurdle, and cf. Crate a framework. ] 1. A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quantity contained in a crate.
Syn. -- crate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. çrī to mix, çir to cook, çrā to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail. ] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cratera + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [ R. ] R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- De*con`se*cra"tion n. [1913 Webster]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The [ Russian ] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. Salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fulcrum. ] 1. (Bot.) Propped; supported by accessory organs. [ R. ] Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with fulcrums. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 b. c. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + krath`r cup + -form. ] (Bot.) hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. krath`r bowl + morfh` form. ] (Bot.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Having an involucre; involucred. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To consecrate amiss. “Misconsecrated flags.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. obsecrated 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; acid + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to mix: cf. F. oxycrat. ] (med.) A Mixture of water and vinegar. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of picric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To consecrate anew or again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. sacratus, p. p. of sacrare. See Sacred. ] To consecrate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + consecrate. ] To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]