Ŏb'se-crāte, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. OBSECRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. OBSECRATING.] [Lat. obsecrare, obsecratum, from prefix ob and sacrare, to declare as sacred, from sacer, sacred; O. Sp. obsecrar, Fr. obsécrer, It. ossecrare.] To beseech; to entreat; to supplicate. Cockeram.