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Meaning of "sacrify" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SACRIFY

sacrify  [ˈsækrɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACRIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacrify is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sacrify in English.

WHAT DOES SACRIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sacrify in the English dictionary

The definition of sacrify in the dictionary is to offer as sacrifice or sacrifice to. Other definition of sacrify is to offer sacrifice.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SACRIFY

PRESENT

Present
I sacrify
you sacrify
he/she/it sacrifies
we sacrify
you sacrify
they sacrify
Present continuous
I am sacrifying
you are sacrifying
he/she/it is sacrifying
we are sacrifying
you are sacrifying
they are sacrifying
Present perfect
I have sacrified
you have sacrified
he/she/it has sacrified
we have sacrified
you have sacrified
they have sacrified
Present perfect continuous
I have been sacrifying
you have been sacrifying
he/she/it has been sacrifying
we have been sacrifying
you have been sacrifying
they have been sacrifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sacrified
you sacrified
he/she/it sacrified
we sacrified
you sacrified
they sacrified
Past continuous
I was sacrifying
you were sacrifying
he/she/it was sacrifying
we were sacrifying
you were sacrifying
they were sacrifying
Past perfect
I had sacrified
you had sacrified
he/she/it had sacrified
we had sacrified
you had sacrified
they had sacrified
Past perfect continuous
I had been sacrifying
you had been sacrifying
he/she/it had been sacrifying
we had been sacrifying
you had been sacrifying
they had been sacrifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sacrify
you will sacrify
he/she/it will sacrify
we will sacrify
you will sacrify
they will sacrify
Future continuous
I will be sacrifying
you will be sacrifying
he/she/it will be sacrifying
we will be sacrifying
you will be sacrifying
they will be sacrifying
Future perfect
I will have sacrified
you will have sacrified
he/she/it will have sacrified
we will have sacrified
you will have sacrified
they will have sacrified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sacrifying
you will have been sacrifying
he/she/it will have been sacrifying
we will have been sacrifying
you will have been sacrifying
they will have been sacrifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sacrify
you would sacrify
he/she/it would sacrify
we would sacrify
you would sacrify
they would sacrify
Conditional continuous
I would be sacrifying
you would be sacrifying
he/she/it would be sacrifying
we would be sacrifying
you would be sacrifying
they would be sacrifying
Conditional perfect
I would have sacrify
you would have sacrify
he/she/it would have sacrify
we would have sacrify
you would have sacrify
they would have sacrify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sacrifying
you would have been sacrifying
he/she/it would have been sacrifying
we would have been sacrifying
you would have been sacrifying
they would have been sacrifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sacrify
we let´s sacrify
you sacrify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sacrify
Past participle
sacrified
Present Participle
sacrifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACRIFY


aerify
ˈɛərɪˌfaɪ
chondrify
ˈkɒndrɪˌfaɪ
clarify
ˈklærɪˌfaɪ
copurify
kəʊˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ
electrify
ɪˈlɛktrɪˌfaɪ
glorify
ˈɡlɔːrɪˌfaɪ
horrify
ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪ
micrify
ˈmaɪkrɪˌfaɪ
nigrify
ˈnɪɡrɪˌfaɪ
petrify
ˈpɛtrɪˌfaɪ
purify
ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ
putrefy
ˈpjuːtrɪˌfaɪ
rarefy
ˈrɛərɪˌfaɪ
reverify
ˌriːˈvɛrɪˌfaɪ
scarify
ˈskɛərɪˌfaɪ
scorify
ˈskɔːrɪˌfaɪ
terrify
ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪ
transmogrify
trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ
verify
ˈvɛrɪˌfaɪ
vitrify
ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACRIFY

sacrifice
sacrifice operative
sacrifice paddock
sacrificeable
sacrificer
sacrificial
sacrificial anode
sacrificial lamb
sacrificial victim
sacrificially
sacrilege
sacrilegious
sacrilegiously
sacrilegiousness
sacrilegist
sacring
sacring bell
sacrist
sacristan
sacristies

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACRIFY

aurify
caprify
denitrify
devitrify
disglorify
esterify
etherify
gentrify
historify
metrify
nitrify
reglorify
repurify
saccharify
thurify

Synonyms and antonyms of sacrify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sacrify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACRIFY

Find out the translation of sacrify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sacrify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sacrify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sacrify
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sacrificarlo
570 millions of speakers

English

sacrify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sacrify
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sacrify
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sacrify
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sacrify
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sacrify
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sacrifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengorbankan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

opfern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sacrify
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sacrify
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngrayakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự quên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sacrify
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्पण करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sacrify
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sacrificare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sacrify
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sacrify
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sacrifici
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θυσιάσουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sacrify
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sacrify
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sacrify
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacrify

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACRIFY»

The term «sacrify» is used very little and occupies the 152.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SACRIFY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sacrify» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sacrify» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sacrify

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACRIFY»

Discover the use of sacrify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacrify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Works of Late Deacon Youssef Habib Youssef
Then, you refuse to give me your books and you do not want to sacrify?” --“No, a thousand times no; because I am a Christian.” As Arianus was not that day in a mood to discuss, he immediately moved forward to tortures, which are much more ...
Meleka Habib Youssef
2
The Historians of Scotland
1050 Tyll all Crystynmen he prechyd, And thraly wytht hys lettrys techyd, That befor all othir thai Suld prestys hald in honour ay ; For he sayd, syne thai specyaly Oysyd till God to sacrify, Thai suld nevyr supprysid be, Bot relevyt in all degre, And ...
‎1872
3
The Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland
1050 Tyll all Crystynmen he prechyd, And thraly wytht hys lettrys techyd, That befor all othir thai Suld prestys hald in honour ay; For he sayd, syne thai specyaly Oysyd till God to sacrify, Thai suld nevyr supprysid be, Bot relevyt in all degre, And ...
Andrew (of Wyntoun), David Laing, 1872
4
A complete concordance to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Vol. 13
[ <MED>; <OED> s.v. sacrify v.] offer a sacrifice [See sacrifiinge ger] 1: sacryfye[l] LGW F 1348 And seyde that she wolde sacryfye — sacrifiinge ger. [ <MED>; < OED> s.v. sacrify v.] offering a sacrifice to a deity [See sacrifien v.] 1: sacrifyenge[l ] ...
Akio Oizumi, Geoffrey Chaucer, 2003
5
The Aeneid (1513)
Wha shall frae thence adore in ony steid The power of Juno, or altars sacrify,8 If I owercomin be thus shamefully?' Chapter 2* How dame Juno to Aeolus' country went, And of the storm on the Trojans furth sent. And on this wise, with heart ...
Virgil, Gordon Kendal, 2011
6
Siraya: Retrieving the Phonology, Grammar and Lexicon of a ...
Nda, iru ka ad-awîmhu ka pöcik-ey ta ADV when,if LK bring-SJ.UO=2S.GEN LK sacrify-SlUO NOM pa-pa-pa-uhu tu itu-kua-n pixik,' ?-RDP-give=2S.GEN LOC be. at-be.at/move-UO sacrify ka hi-baley-awîmhu hina, ka aku-su ki patai-vulas-an ...
Alexander Adelaar, 2011
7
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
SACRIFY, v. Obs. Sc. To consecrate. Flf. Whan the great kirk was sacrify'd, Tennsn'r Papa'shy (18:1) 161. - SACRIST, 85. Se. (rain-[sh] A University term: the mace-bearer; also a md of general servant ap ointed to look after the class-rooms , &c.
Joseph Wright
8
The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language
Elsewhere in Papistry Storm' d, Tennant revived a number of other obsolete terms such as sacrify 'to consecrate' (v: 363), furth-shaw 'show, reveal' (v: 550), rambarre 'to repulse' (v: 323) and sailzie 'to assail' (i: 413). SND records no writers ...
Charles Jones, 1997
9
The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: a New and Complete ...
For the use of an altar is to make sacrify upon it; the use of a table is to '13),— serve for men to eat upon. Now, when we come unto the Lord's board, what 155() _ do we come for'! to sacrifice Christ again, and to cruci him again, or to feed upon ...
John Foxe, Stephen Reed Cattley, George Townsend, 1838
10
An Account of Divers Choice Remarks, as Well as ...
The Sacrify is no less magnificent, being adorn'd accordingly within, and containing divers pretty Curiosities; amongst which we remark'dtheln-laid-work ; the Silver Flower-pots, so artificially wrought, that one would think the Flowers natural, ...
Ellis Veryard, 1701

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACRIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sacrify is used in the context of the following news items.
1
P. Pauh win shows M'sia ready for more women leaders
They willing sacrify to see their children getting the best education, giving them whatever they can afford but not pampering them while shaping them to be ... «Free Malaysia Today, May 15»
2
The end of an era. What now?
not for those have negative mind set..surrender...try to keep yr self in a toilet for a year and feel the pain what annuar will face in jail,its a big sacrify... Like · Reply ... «Free Malaysia Today, Feb 15»
3
Isometric 3D prerendered terrain mouse picking problem
The quality and ease of the picking depends on how much resources you want to sacrify. Eg. if you only want to use the 8-bit alpha channel, then you will have a ... «GameDev.net, Jan 15»
4
Snatched: Justice and politics in Ethiopia
We need some body who is ready to sacrify his life, his comfort for the sake of ... If a politician not ready to sacrify his comfort and die for people with people suffer ... «Nazret.com, Jul 14»
5
Éric Briones: Why Generation Y Is Hot And Cold Towards Luxury
They are prepared to sacrify a lot to own luxury goods without feeling guilty, as for them the luxury item is a success symbol, the best way to stand out and a ... «PSFK, May 14»
6
Uncapped Fahad Babar replaces Steve Massiah
Not like those cricketer who sacrify thier whole Life regardless work and many things just for the National Pride though they paid minimum salary than others ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Oct 13»
7
Passion in ink
He did it in order to say he love that person as the greatest footballer in his career, which worth to sacrify his skin to him.Congratulation for this strong real respect ... «Fifa.com, May 12»
8
Dealtalk: Capital-hungry UniCredit may yet axe Poland, Turkey
MI) could be obliged to sacrify its thriving businesses in Poland or Turkey as it faces a capital hole of up to 13 billion euros ($18 billion) under stringent new rules ... «Reuters, Oct 11»

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