obsecrate \ob"se*crate\ ([o^]b"s[-e]*kr[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {obsecrated} (ocr/b"s[-e]*kr[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {obsecrating}.] [L. obsecratus, p. p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see {Ob-}) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.] To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. --Cockerman. [1913 Webster]