consacrer

Meaning

  1. to dedicate, to devote (time, effort)
  2. to consecrate
  3. to standardize through long usage

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French consecrer, cunsecrer, borrowed from Latin cōnsecrāre, and altered under the influence of sacrer.

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