consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
was consecrating
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past progressiveof consecrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Despite his dusty disdain for the word detente, Reagan was consecrating a renewed era of just that -- detente.
From Time Magazine Archive
While these great affairs were in progress, Napoleon, in Paris, was consecrating his energies with almost miraculous power, in developing all the resources of the majestic empire under his control.
From Napoleon Bonaparte by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
He had disbanded his armies, and was consecrating all the resources of the nation to the stimulation of industry.
From Napoleon Bonaparte by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
A Bohemian priest, sceptical of the doctrine of transubstantiation, was convinced of its truth by the appearance of drops of blood on the host he was consecrating.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Even-while the monk was consecrating his time to the work of beautifying the sanctuary, his sense of humour was with him, and must crop out.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
