obsecrate

[ob-si-kreyt]

verb (used with object)

obsecrated, obsecrating 

1. to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.

obsecrate

/ ˈɒbsɪˌkreɪt /

verb

1. (tr) a rare word for beseech

Other Word Forms

• obsecration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of obsecrate¹

1590–1600; < Latin obsecrātus (past participle of obsecrāre to supplicate), equivalent to ob- ob- + secr- (combining form of sacr-, stem of sacer sacred ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of obsecrate¹

C16: from Latin obsecrāre to entreat (in the name of the gods), from ob- for the sake of + sacrāre to hold in reverence; see _sacred

Example Sentences

Obsecrate, ob′se-krāt, v. to beseech: to implore.—n.

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Only I still attest and obsecrate to the fact that I did not intend to smuggle, and entered your jealous domain with no sense of contraband about me.

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I obsecrate ye with all courtesy, omitting compliment, you would vouch or deign to proceed.

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FRIAR, Deign, vouch, protract, compliment, obsecrate?

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Related Words

• ask 
• beseech 
• implore 
• plead 
• pray 
• solicit 
• sue 
• urge