单词 | profanate |
释义 | profanatev. transitive. To profane. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > cause sacrilege [verb (transitive)] defoulc1384 profanea1425 depravea1529 defile1535 unhallow1535 profanate1554 execratea1572 profanizate1578 sacrilege1578 unconsecrate1598 exaugurate1600 defoil1601 dishallow1624 desecrate1675 disenhallow1846 profanizea1876 1554 T. Becon Humble Supplicacion sig. Bviiiv The wicked papistes prophanate and vnhallowe these twoo aforesayde holy Sacramentes. 1563 J. Foxe tr. C. Tunstall in Actes & Monuments 450/1 By their wicked and..peruerse interpretations, to prophanate ye maiestie of the Scripture. 1652 tr. Choice Novels & Amarous Tales vii. 113 Dare no more to profanate me with thy lying words. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Lett. Kings Eng. I. 4 They have utterly profanated a place set apart for devotion. 1881 R. Black tr. Prince Royal of Sweden Let. in tr. F. Guizot Hist. France VIII. xiv. 22 May your Majesty..truly turn your thoughts towards a universal peace, of which the name has been profanated for the spilling of so much blood! 1960 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 21 183 The assumption is that truth is the special preserve of a tiny segment of the population, a preserve that becomes profanated by genuine social involvements. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 July ii. 3/1 In his play, Mr. Sobol insulted the honor of the Jewish victims and profanated their memory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1554 |
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