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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desecrated}; p.
pr & vb n. {Desecrating}.] [L. desecratus p. p. of
desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
sacrare to consecrate, fr sacer sacred. See {Sacred}.]
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a
sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of to profane; to
put to an unworthy use -- the opposite of consecrate.
The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
without being previously desecrated. --W. Tooke.
The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
who should desecrate their donations. --Salmon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
desecrate
v 1: violate the sacred character of a place such as a graveyard
[syn: {profane}, {outrage}, {violate}]
2: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: {deconsecrate}]
[ant: {consecrate}]
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