obsecrate

American

[ob-si-kreyt] / ˈɒb sɪˌkreɪt /

verb (used with object)

obsecrated, obsecrating

to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.

obsecrate British

/ ˈɒbsɪˌkreɪt /

verb

(tr) a rare word for beseech

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Other Word Forms

obsecration

noun

Etymology

Origin of obsecrate

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

Example Sentences

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

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

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.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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