different between dedicate vs sacrate

English

Etymology

From Latin d?dic?tus, past participle of d?dic? (“I dedicate, proclaim”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?d?ke?t/

Verb

dedicate (third-person singular simple present dedicates, present participle dedicating, simple past and past participle dedicated)

1. (transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
2. (transitive) To set apart for a special use

3. (transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action

4. (transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
5. (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
6. (transitive) To show to the public for the first time

Synonyms

• (set apart for religious purposes): behallow, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate
• (set apart for a special use): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (commit to a particular course): devote

Translations

Adjective

dedicate (comparative more dedicate, superlative most dedicate)

1. (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

Italian

Verb

dedicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dedicare
2. second-person plural imperative of dedicare

Participle

dedicate f pl

1. feminine plural of the past participle of dedicare

Latin

Verb

d?dic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?dic?

English

Verb

sacrate (third-person singular simple present sacrates, present participle sacrating, simple past and past participle sacrated)

1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate

Adjective

sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Caserta, acaters, car seat, carates, cat's ear, ectaras, rasceta, tear sac

Latin

Etymology

From sacr? (“consecrate, dedicate, devote”).

Adverb

sacr?t? (not comparable)

1. holily, piously
2. mysteriously, mystically

Related terms

References

• sacrate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette