misconsecrate en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + consecrate.
Meanings
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To consecrate amiss.
[…] yet didst thou find it better, to make up the breaches of that altar, which was misconsecrated to the service of thy God, than to make use of that pile, which was idolatrously devoted to a false god.
1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misconsecrated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misconsecrated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misconsecrating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misconsecrates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |