consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
has consecrated
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present perfectof consecrate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now Ms. Reid works at the church as a pastoral associate and distributes the bread to others at Mass after the priest has consecrated it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2021
At first, Gerard is obdurate, refusing to confess to trumped-up charges of treason, or even believe that the party to which he has consecrated his life is behind his bewildering plight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Death has consecrated thy prediction, but it is yet unfulfilled.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
Religion has consecrated many of the spots which history had made venerable, and thus added a new lustre to their associations.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
As a Member of the “Great School” he was educated and initiated many years ago, and has consecrated his life to this service.
From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by J. D. (Jirah Dewey) Buck
