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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sacrifice \Sac"ri*fice\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Sacrificed}; p. pr & vb n. {Sacrificing}.] [From
{Sacrifice}, n.: cf F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare sacer
sacred, holy + -ficare (only in comp.) to make See {-fy}.]
1. To make an offering of to consecrate or present to a
divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a
token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the
altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor,
or to express thankfulness; as to sacrifice an ox or a
sheep.
Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. --Milton.
2. Hence to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for
the sake of obtaining something to give up in favor of a
higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with
loss or suffering.
Condemned to sacrifice his childish years To
babbling ignorance, and to empty fears. --Prior.
The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the
sake of . . . making this boy his heir. --G. Eliot.
3. To destroy; to kill. --Johnson.
4. To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen's Cant]
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