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obsecrate, v. rare, pedantic.|ˈɒbsɪkreɪt|
[f. L. obsecrāt-, ppl. stem of obsecrāre to beseech, entreat (prop. in the name or for the sake of something sacred), f. ob on account of + sacrāre to make sacred, f. sacer, sacr- sacred.]
trans. To entreat earnestly, as in the name of something sacred; to beseech, supplicate (a person); to beg (a thing).
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. *v, I most humblely obsecrate all men to receave gratefully this my laboure. 1601Munday & Chettle Downf. Robt. Earl Huntington ii. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley VIII. 135 [Ralph, bombastically] I obsecrate ye with all courtesy..you would vouch or deign to proceed. 1767Campbell Lexiph. 113 [in ridicule] I obsecrate you, Mr. Doctor, to concede me leave of absence. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxi, Andrew Fairservice employed his lungs in obsecrating a share of Dougal's protection. |