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misconsecrating

misconsecrating is the present participle and gerund of misconsecrate.

Meaning of misconsecrate

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

Questions about misconsecrating

What is misconsecrating the present participle and gerund of?
Misconsecrating is the present participle and gerund of misconsecrate.

Words near misconsecrating in the dictionary

  1. misconnotes
  2. misconnoting
  3. misconsecrate
  4. misconsecrated
  5. misconsecrates
  6. misconsecrating
  7. misconsequence
  8. misconsequences
  9. misconsider
  10. misconsidered
  11. misconsidering

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