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obsecration

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ob⋅se⋅crate

  [ob-si-kreyt]
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–verb (used with object), -crat⋅ed, -crat⋅ing.
to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L obsecrātus (ptp. of obsecrāre to supplicate), equiv. to ob- ob- + secr- (comb. form of sacr-, s. of sacer sacred ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ob⋅se⋅cra⋅tion, noun
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