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单词 profanize
释义

profanizev.

Brit. /ˈprɒfənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈprɑfəˌnaɪz/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: profane adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < profane adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier profanizate v., profanate v., profane v.
rare.
transitive. To make profane (in various senses); = profane v. 1a.
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a1876 J. Addis Elizabethan Echoes (1879) 92 How he put poison in the Sacred Chalice, And profanized the Holy Mysteries.
1954 R. Gordis Song of Songs 5 Deuteronomic theologians are then assumed to have profanized the orginally sacred text, so that today it appears as a collection of erotic lyrics of a secular character.
2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Oct. x5 God's Name in Vain seems to undermine its own premise—that religion and political life can coexist... In seeking to shore up the foundations for prophetic faith, [Stephen L.] Carter comes..close to ‘profanizing’ political life himself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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