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consecrate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?nsecr?re, c?nsecr?tus.
Pronunciation
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?ns?k?e?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?ns?k?e?t/
- Adjective
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?ns?k??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?ns?k??t/
- Hyphenation: con?se?crate
Verb
consecrate (third-person singular simple present consecrates, present participle consecrating, simple past and past participle consecrated)
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
- Synonyms: behallow, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate
- Antonyms: desecrate, defile; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
Related terms
- consecration
Translations
Adjective
consecrate (comparative more consecrate, superlative most consecrate)
- Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
- They were assembled in that consecrate place.
Anagrams
- concreates
Latin
Verb
c?nsecr?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsecr?
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acknowledge
English
Alternative forms
- acknowledg (obsolete)
- acknowelege (obsolete)
Etymology
Recorded since 1553, a blend of Middle English knowlechen (“to discover, reveal, acknowledge”) and aknowen (“to recognize, acknowledge”); the latter from Old English oncn?wan, ?cn?wan (“to know, recognize, acknowledge”), from on + cn?wan (“to know”). Notice the preservation of /k/ word-internally (regularly spelled with ck as in back) while being lost word-initially. The prefix might have been influenced by Anglo-Norman a- (“on-, to-”). See knowledge.
For the formation compare Latin agn?sc? and Russian ????????? (priznát?), with cognate roots.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?n?.l?d?/
- (US) IPA(key): /æk?n??.l?d?/, [?k?n??l?d?], [?k?n??l?d?], [???n??l?d?], [???n??l?d?]
- Hyphenation US: ac?knowl?edge, UK: ac?know?ledge
Verb
acknowledge (third-person singular simple present acknowledges, present participle acknowledging, simple past and past participle acknowledged)
- (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
- 1611, King James Version, Psalm 51:3
- I acknowledge my transgressions.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Chapter 1
- For ends generally acknowledged to be good.
- 1611, King James Version, Psalm 51:3
- To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- 1611, King James Version, Proverbs 3:6
- In all thy ways acknowledge Him.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-v
- By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee.
- 1611, King James Version, Proverbs 3:6
- To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
- To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
- To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
Usage notes
- Acknowledge is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man acknowledges a secret marriage; one who has done wrong acknowledges his fault; and author acknowledges his obligation to those who have aided him; we acknowledge our ignorance.
- Recognize supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit it on the grounds of the evidence it brings. Thus, we recognize a friend after a long absence. We recognize facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials.
- See also confess
Synonyms
- avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confess
Derived terms
Related terms
- acknowledgment
Translations
References
- acknowledge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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