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sacrifice

Произношение:
sac.ri.fice
Часть речи:
n
Происхождение:
[ME, fr. OF, fr. L sacrificium, fr. sacr-, sacer + facere to make--more at do]
Появление:
(13c)
Определение:
1: an act of offering to a deity something precious; esp: the killing of a victim on an altar 2: something offered in sacrifice 3 a: destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else b: something given up or lost <the ~s made by parents> 4: loss <goods sold at a ~> 5: sacrifice hit

Часть речи:
vb
Происхождение:
-ficed ; -fic.ing vt
Появление:
(14c)
Определение:
1: to offer as a sacrifice 2: to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy esp. for an ideal, belief, or end 3: to sell at a loss ~ vi 1: to make or perform the rites of a sacrifice 2: to make a sacrifice hit in baseball -- sac.ri.fic.er n

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