consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
have been consecrating
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present perfect progressiveof consecrate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even those whose own eyes had seen him behind his counter when he should have been consecrating the Sabbath-wine at his supper-table, wondered if they had been the dupe of some hallucination.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
