immolate
verb (used with object)
to sacrifice.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Then when he has accomplished the deed of sacrifice, he must restore himself to what he has immolated.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider