Category:Obsecrate

Ob"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] Etym: [l. obsecratus, p.p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask On religious grounds; ob (see ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, From sacer sacred.]

Defn: to beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [r.]. Cockerman.