SACRIFICE
\sˈakɹɪfˌa͡ɪs], \sˈakɹɪfˌaɪs], \s_ˈa_k_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ_s]\
Definitions of SACRIFICE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
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sell at a loss
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personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
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a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
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kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
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make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
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(sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
By Princeton University
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the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
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sell at a loss
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(in baseball) an out that advances the base runners
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personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
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a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
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kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
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make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
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Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
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Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
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A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
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To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.
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Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.
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To destroy; to kill.
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To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
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To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
By Oddity Software
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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
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Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
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Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
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A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
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To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.
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Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.
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To destroy; to kill.
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To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
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To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of offering to God, or to a deity, a victim on an altar; anything offered or consecrated to God; the destroying, losing, or giving up of one thing for another; the thing so destroyed or given up.
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To offer to a god in worship; destroy or give up in order to gain some other object; as, to sacrifice health for riches.
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To offer a victim on an altar.
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Sacrificer.
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Sacrificial.
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Sacriflcially.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Sacrificer.
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To make offerings to God.
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Act of sacrificing or offering to a deity, esp. a victim on an altar: that which is sacrificed or offered: destruction or loss of anything to gain some object: that which is given up, destroyed, or lost for some end.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of sacrificing; that which is offered; destruction or loss.
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To make offerings.
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To offer up; destroy or give up; devote with loss; kill.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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