All 3 Uses
consecrate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- I also became a poet and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated.†
p. 16.9 *consecrated = made holy by means of religious rites
- Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.†
p. 193.8
- Let the day therefore be fixed; and on it I will consecrate myself, in life or death, to the happiness of my cousin.†
p. 194.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(consecrate) make holy by means of religious rites
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will contain less common senses of the word including "to solemnly dedicate" or to "infuse with reverence".