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RECONSECRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reconsecrate mean? 

RECONSECRATE (verb)
  The verb RECONSECRATE has 1 sense:

1. consecrate anew, as after a desecrationplay

  Familiarity information: RECONSECRATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECONSECRATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reconsecrate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reconsecrates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reconsecrated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reconsecrated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reconsecrating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Consecrate anew, as after a desecration

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "reconsecrate" is one way to...):

bless; consecrate; hallow; sanctify (render holy by means of religious rites)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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