Obsecrate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  obsecrate \ob"se*crate\ ([o^]b"s[-e]*kr[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {obsecrated} (ocr/b"s[-e]*kr[=a]`t[e^]d); 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. [R.]. --Cockerman.


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