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misconsecrate

misconsecrate verb: to consecrate amiss.

Verb

misconsecrate (third-person singular simple present misconsecrates, present participle misconsecrating, simple past and past participle misconsecrated)

  1. To consecrate amiss.
    • […] yet didst thou find it better, to make up the breaches of that altar, which was misconsecrated to the service of thy God, than to make use of that pile, which was idolatrously devoted to a false god.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of misconsecrate

third-person singular presentmisconsecrates
present participlemisconsecrating
past participlemisconsecrated
pastmisconsecrated

Origin of misconsecrate

From mis- + consecrate.

Questions about misconsecrate

What does misconsecrate mean?
Misconsecrate means to consecrate amiss.
What part of speech is misconsecrate?
Misconsecrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misconsecrate?
The past tense of misconsecrate is misconsecrated.

Words near misconsecrate in the dictionary

  1. misconnects
  2. misconnote
  3. misconnoted
  4. misconnotes
  5. misconnoting
  6. misconsecrate
  7. misconsecrated
  8. misconsecrates
  9. misconsecrating
  10. misconsequence
  11. misconsequences

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