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2 definitions found 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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