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Meaning of OBSECRATE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ob"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obsecrated}; p.
pr. & vb, n. {Obsecrating}.] [L. obsecratus, p. p. of
obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see {Ob-})
+ sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. --Cockerman.
 
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