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Obsolete to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
sacrificer noun. Etymology. Noun. Middle English sacrifice "the act of offering something to God or a god," from early French sacrifice (same meaning), from Latin sacrificium "sacrifice," from sacr-, sacer "sacred" and -ficium, from facere "to do, make" — related to sacred.
SACRIFICE definition: 1. something valuable that you give up in order to achieve something, or the act of giving it up…. Learn more.
the person, animal, or thing so offered. the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim. the thing so surrendered or devoted. a loss incurred in selling something below its value. Also sacrifice hit.
Define sacrify. sacrify synonyms, sacrify pronunciation, sacrify translation, English dictionary definition of sacrify. vb , -fies , -fying or -fied obsolete to offer a sacrifice or offer as a sacrifice Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 ©...
Definition of sacrifice verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
sacrifice. (sækrɪfaɪs ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense sacrifices , present participle sacrificing , past tense, past participle sacrificed. 1. verb. If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people.
sacrifice. noun. /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/. /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/. [countable, uncountable] the fact of giving up something important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important; something that you give up in this way.
Other forms: sacrifices; sacrificed; sacrificing. A sacrifice is a loss or something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. Parents sacrifice time and sleep to take care of their children, while kids might sacrifice TV time to hang out with mom and dad.
