consecrate
['kɑnsɪ`kret]
vt. 把...供祭祀, 奉献, 使神圣

a. 被献神, 神圣

1. This battle field is consecrated to the memory of the soldiers who died here.
   战场被视圣念战死里战士。
2. A doctor's life is consecrated to curing sick people.
   医献身医治病。
3. Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
   11 抹洗濯盆盆座，使盆圣。

consecrate
[ verb ]

1. appoint to a clerical posts

<verb.social> ordain order ordinate
he was ordained in the Church

2. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

<verb.communication> commit dedicate devote give
She committed herself to the work of God
give one's talents to a good cause
consecrate your life to the church

3. dedicate to a deity by a vow

<verb.communication> vow

4. render holy by means of religious rites

<verb.communication> bless hallow sanctify

[ adj ]

1. solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose

<adj.all>
a life consecrated to science
the consecrated chapel
a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II

Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, a. [L. consceratus, p. p. of
conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer
sacred. See {Sacred}.]
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

They were assembled in that consecrate place. --Bacon.


Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, 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.

One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy
rest. --Sharp.

2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a
bishop.

Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. --Ex.
xxix. 9.

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

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

Syn: See {Addict}.