1. (v.t.)consecrate to make or declare sacred; dedicate to the service of a deity.
2. consecrate to make an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time.
3. consecrate to devote or dedicate to some purpose.
4. consecrate to admit or ordain to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
5. consecrate to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist.
6. (adj.)consecrate consecrated; sacred.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L consecrātus, ptp. of consecrāre=con-con - +-secrāre, comb. form of
Definition of 'Consecrate'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)consecrated, consecrate, dedicated solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a highpurpose "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
2. (verb)ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order appoint to a clerical posts "he was ordained in the Church"
3. (verb)give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
4. (verb)vow, consecrate dedicate to a deity by a vow
2. (verb)Consecrate to make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God
3. (verb)Consecrate to set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop
4. (verb)Consecrate to canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Romanemperor
5. (verb)Consecrate to render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time
Definitions of Consecrate 
Afrikaans: heilig; wy; toewy; inseën
Arabic: يُكَرِّسُ حَياتَه لِخِدْم
Bulgarian: освещавам
Brazilian: consagrar
Czech: vysvětit
German: weihen
Danish: ordinere; indvie
Greek: αφιερώνω, καθαγιάζω
Spanish: consagrar
Estonian: sisseõnnistama, pühitsema
Farsi: وقف کردن
Finnish: vihkiä
French: consacrer
Hebrew: לְקָדֵש
Hindi: अर्पित
Croatian: posvetiti
Hungarian: (fel)szentel
Indonesian: mempersembahkan
Icelandic: helga, vígja
Italian: consacrare
Japanese: 神にささげる
Korean: 성별(聖別)하다
Lithuanian: pašventinti, įšventinti
Latvian: iesvētīt
Malay: tahbis
Dutch: wijden
Norwegian: vigsle, innvie
Polish: święcić
Persian: وقف کردن
Pashto: سپيڅلى اوپاك ښوول: دخداى 
Portuguese: consagrar
Romanian: a sfinţi
Russian: освящать
Slovak: vysvätiť
Slovenian: posvetiti
Serbian: osveštati
Swedish: inviga, viga
Thai: อุทิศตนให้กับ
Turkish: takdis etmek
Taiwanese: 為…祝聖，奉獻
Ukrainian: посвящати; освячувати
Urdu: نذر كرنا، كسى دينى كام ك
Vietnamese: thánh hoá
Chinese: 给…祝圣，奉献
