Ob″se‐crate (ŏb″sē̍‐krāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Obsecrated (–krā′tĕd); 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.. Cockerman.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.