单词 | obsecrate |
释义 | obsecrate/ˈɒbsɪkreɪt/Now rare verb [with object] To entreat (a person) earnestly; to implore, beseech, supplicate; to beg (a thing). OriginLate 16th century. From classical Latin obsecrāt-, past participial stem of obsecrāre to beseech, entreat, implore from ob- + sacrāre to make sacred, hence lit. ‘to beseech in the name or for the sake of something sacred’. |
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