consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
are consecrating
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present progressiveof consecrate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You say that you have given up all, and that you are consecrating yourself to a life of labor.
From Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 by Catherine Mumford Booth
Our statesmen and thinkers have helped to evolve it, our people with their blood and treasure are consecrating it.
From An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea by Winston Churchill
